颠

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

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 16
Radical: 頁 +10
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 顛
Common rank: #1,633
Unicode: U+98A0

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Formation & memory

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How 颠 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

页 meaning “head” + 真 sound ( zhēn )

Components 真页

How to remember it

invert · Heisig RSH #1512

真 true + head

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 颠

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 真 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
真 sound part	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