颠
top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,633 U+98A0
How 颠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
页 (semantic, “head”) + 真 (phonetic, zhēn)
How to remember it
invert · Heisig RSH #1512
真 true + head
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 真
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 真 (zhēn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真 sound component | zhēn | real, actual, true, genuine |
| 镇 | zhèn | calm, composed; to control, to suppress |
| 填 | tián | to fill, to pad, to stuff |
| 慎 | shèn | cautious, prudent |
| 嗔 | chēn | to be angry at, to rebuke, to scold |
| 滇 | diān | Yunnan province |
| 缜 | zhěn | fine, detailed; closely woven |
| 禛 | zhēn | to receive blessings |
| 瑱 | tiàn | a jade earring |
| 瞋 | chēn | to glare |
| 鬒 | zhěn | glossy black hair |
| 稹 | zhěn | to accumulate |
Words containing 颠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不列颠保卫战 | Bù liè diān Bǎo wèi zhàn | see 不列顛戰役|不列颠战役[Bu4 lie4 dian1 Zhan4 yi4] |
| 新不列颠岛 | Xīn Bù liè diān Dǎo | New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea |
| 大不列颠 | Dà Bù liè diān | Great Britain |
| 颠倒黑白 | diān dǎo hēi bái | lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent… |
| 不列颠哥伦比亚 | Bù liè diān Gē lún bǐ yà | British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada |
| 颠儿面 | diān r miàn | to lose face |
| 颠三倒四 | diān sān dǎo sì | confused; disorderly; incoherent |
| 不列颠哥伦比亚省 | Bù liè diān Gē lún bǐ yà shěng | British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada |
| 颠来倒去 | diān lái dǎo qù | to harp on; over and over; merely ring changes on a few terms |
| 颠倒是非 | diān dǎo shì fēi | (idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead |
| 不列颠 | Bù liè diān | Britain; British; Great Britain |
| 颠覆国家罪 | diān fù guó jiā zuì | crime of incitement to overthrow the state; abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权[shan1 dong4 dian1 … |
| 不列颠诸岛 | Bù liè diān Zhū dǎo | British Isles |
| 不列颠战役 | Bù liè diān Zhàn yì | Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940) |
| 颠儿 | diān r | (Beijing dialect) to skedaddle; to make oneself scarce |
| 颠覆分子 | diān fù fèn zǐ | a subversive; a saboteur |
| 神魂颠倒 | shén hún diān dǎo | lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinat… |
| 颠扑不破 | diān pū bù pò | solid; unbreakable; (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable |
| 颠球 | diān qiú | to juggle a soccer ball (i.e. keep it in the air using feet, thighs, head etc); (table ten… |
| 煽动颠覆国家政权 | shān dòng diān fù guó jiā zhèng quán | incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech) |