顓

Phono-semantic compound:

頁 (“head, mind”) — denotes thought, intellect, or personhood.

耑 (“end, solely, devotedly”) — provides pronunciation (jeon) and carries the notion of “focus” or “concentration.”

Together, the character means “one whose mind is fixed on one thing,” or “to act with concentrated intent.”

顓頊 (전욱) — Zhuanxu — one of the legendary sage kings of ancient China

顓蒙 (전몽) — simple and ignorant (archaic usage)

顓一 (전일) — wholly unified, single-minded

專顓 (전전) — exclusive, monopolizing (variant usage overlapping with 專)

Zhuanxu 顓頊 (전욱), one of the Five Emperors (五帝) in Chinese mythology, was said to be a grandson of the Yellow Emperor (黃帝).

He represents cosmic order, sincerity, and heavenly governance, and his name carries the same etymological root — 顓 — implying purity and single-minded devotion to the Way (道).

顓 and 專 were sometimes interchangeable in early texts.

Both denote singleness of mind or control, but 顓 emphasizes mental devotion, whereas 專 suggests exclusive possession or authority.

In Confucian and Daoist writings, 顓 may describe spiritual focus or unity of intent, akin to “一心 (one mind)” — the ideal state of sincerity and inner alignment.