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