顶
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apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 頁 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 頂
- Common rank
- #520
- Unicode
- U+9876
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Formation & memory
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Words with 顶
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平顶山市 | Pingdingshan, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 平顶山 | see 平頂山市|平顶山市[Ping2 ding3 shan1 Shi4] | |
| 顶港有名声，下港上出名 | (Tw) (saying) famous far and wide (from Taiwanese Hokkien) | |
| 顶天立地 | lit. able to support both heaven and earth; of indomitable spirit (idiom) | |
| 顶头上司 | one's immediate superior | |
| 中气层顶 | (meteorology) mesopause | |
| 山顶 | hilltop | |
| 顶头 | to come directly towards one; top; immediate (superior) | |
| 头顶 | top of the head | |
| 天顶 | zenith | |
| 顶天 | to reach the upper limit | |
| 白骨顶 | coot | |
| 顶上 | on top of; at the summit | |
| 顶牛儿 | to push with the forehead; to lock horns; to be at loggerheads | |
| 顶会 | top-tier academic conference (abbr. for 頂級會議|顶级会议[ding3 ji2 hui4 yi4]) | |
| 顶手 | to take over (a lease, shop or business from the previous tenant) (originally Cantonese) | |
| 自顶向下 | top-down | |
| 顶面 | top; top side; top surface | |
| 对顶角 | angle to the vertical; angle (between two lines or two planes) | |
| 平顶 | flat roof |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 丁 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁 sound part | male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem | |
| 打 | to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike | |
| 宁 | calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer | |
| 灯 | lamp, lantern, light | |
| 厅 | hall, central room | |
| 订 | to make an order; to draw up an agreement | |
| 汀 | bank, sandbar; beach, shore | |
| 叮 | to persistently exhort or urge; sting (as of an insect) | |
| 盯 | to rivet one's gaze upon; to keep eyes on | |
| 町 | a raised path between fields | |
| 仃 | lonely, solitary | |
| 酊 | drunk, intoxicated | |
| 疔 | boil, carbuncle, ulcer | |
| 玎 | jingling, tinkling | |
| 耵 | earwax |