頂

See also: 顶 and 項

Translingual

Han character

頂 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+2, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一弓一月金 (MNMBC), four-corner 1128₆, composition ⿰丁頁)

Derived characters

• 𠽒, 㴿, 𬱎, 嵿, 𬗀

Related characters

• 顶 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1399, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43335
• Dae Jaweon: page 1915, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4355, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9802

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Chinese

trad.		頂
simp.		顶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (丁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
圢	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋʔ
町	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ, *deːŋʔ
打	*rteŋʔ, *teːŋʔ
盯	*rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ
朾	*rteːŋ, *rdeːŋ
丁	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
玎	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
虰	*rdeːŋ, *tʰeŋ, *teːŋ
揨	*rdeːŋ
釘	*teːŋ, *teːŋs
靪	*teːŋ, *teːŋʔ
仃	*teːŋ
叮	*teːŋ
疔	*teːŋ
頂	*teːŋʔ
奵	*teːŋʔ
耵	*teːŋʔ
酊	*teːŋʔ
葶	*teːŋʔ, *deːŋ
矴	*teːŋs
訂	*teːŋs, *tʰeːŋ, *deːŋʔ
飣	*teːŋs
汀	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋs
艼	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ
庁	*tʰeːŋ
婷	*deːŋ
停	*deːŋ
聤	*deːŋ
渟	*deːŋ
楟	*deːŋ
亭	*deːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *teːŋʔ) : phonetic 丁 (OC *rteːŋ, *teːŋ) + semantic 頁

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 頂

1. top; peak

   山頂／山顶  ―  shāndǐng  ―  mountain top

2. to carry on head
3. most; exceedingly; best
4. Classifier for hats and palanquins. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   兩頂帽／两顶帽 [Cantonese]  ―  loeng⁵ deng² mou^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  two hats

   一頂轎子／一顶轿子  ―  yī dǐng jiàozǐ  ―  a palanquin

5. (Southern Min) in front; ahead; above; before; previously
6. (Internet slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile

Further reading

• “Entry #8038”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

頂

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. top, peak
2. to receive

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: いただく (itadaku, 頂く, Jōyō); いただき (itadaki, 頂, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 頂(ちょう)上(じょう) (chōjō)
• 頂(ちょう)戴(だい) (chōdai)
• 頂(ちょう)点(てん) (chōten)
• 頂(ちょう)面(めん) (chōmen)
• 頂(ちょう)部(ぶ) (chōbu)
• 山(さん)頂(ちょう) (sanchō)
• 絶(ぜっ)頂(ちょう) (zetchō)
• 登(とう)頂(ちょう) (tōchō)

Noun

Kanji in this term
頂
いただき Grade: 6
kun'yomi

頂(いただき) • (itadaki) 

1. the top

   山(やま)の頂(いただき)

   yama no itadaki

   the top of a mountain

   頂(いただき)に立(た)つ

   itadaki ni tatsu

   stand on the top

Antonyms

• 底(そこ) (soko, “bottom”)

Phrase

• 頂(いただ)きます (itadakimasu)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 頂 (MC tengX). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎌ᇰ (tyeng) (Yale: tyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

頂 (eumhun 정수리 정 (jeongsuri jeong))

1. hanja form^? of 정 (“crown or top of the head”)
2. hanja form^? of 정 (“topmost point; peak”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 정문 (頂門, jeongmun)
• 정상 (頂上, jeongsang)
• 정점 (頂點, jeongjeom)
• 정판 (頂板, jeongpan)
• 관정 (灌頂, gwanjeong)
• 독정 (禿頂, dokjeong)
• 등정 (登頂, deungjeong)
• 산정 (山頂, sanjeong)
• 절정 (絕頂, jeoljeong)
• 천정 (天頂, cheonjeong)
• 학정 (鶴頂, hakjeong)
• 노정골 (顱頂骨, nojeonggol)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 頂 (đính, đảnh, đỉnh, điếng, đuểnh)

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