• to topple, to forehead;

Etymology

A phono-semantic compound:

頁 (“head, skull”) - provides the semantic element;

眞 (jin/jeon, “true, real”) - provides the phonetic element.

Usage in Korean

顚倒 (전도) – to fall down, to collapse, to invert;

顚覆 (전복) – to overturn, to overthrow;

顚沛 (전패) – to fall into distress, to collapse;

顚狂 (전광) – madness, frenzy (lit. “head-illness”);

頭顚 (두전) – top of the head, crown.

Alternative forms

Alternative form 㒹, in which 眞 is duplicated instead of combining with 頁.

This variant appears in some dictionaries and historical manuscripts.

Similar shape characters

Closely related in meaning to 顛 (another form more commonly used today for “to topple, to fall”).

In some traditions, 顚/顛 and 顚/顚倒 are interchangeable.

정수리
jeongsuri
jeon
Kangxi radical:181, + 10
Strokes:19
Unicode:U+985A
Cangjie input:
  • 心金一月金 (PCMBC)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 眞 頁

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References