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顛

简颠 · 繁顛

Mandarin · pinyin diān

top (of the head)
apex
to fall forwards
inverted
to jolt

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颠: diān · top, peak, summit; upset

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Cantonese word readings for 顛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

top of the head; crown
top; peak; summit
to fall; to topple; to upset
inverted
to bump; to jerk; to jolt
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 癲 /癫 (diān, “to be crazy; to go mad”)
a surname

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 闐 /阗 (tián, “full”)
used in 顛顛／颠颠 (tiántián)

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 瑱 (“jade ornaments hung over the ears”)

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