颠踣
diān​bó

fall

颠 diān top Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 眞 represents the sound. Simplified form of 顛.

Components

页
页 Meaning component
yè page
真
真 Sound component
zhēn real

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

癫巅

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

巅

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

踣 bó, pòu to stumble and fall prone stiff in death

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot

foot

咅
咅 Sound component
pǒu to spit out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰɯs
bɯːɡ
Unicodebhək

說文解字

僵也。从足咅聲。《春秋傳》曰：“晉人踣之。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

顛 diān top Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound.

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page
真
真 Sound component
zhēn real

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

巔癲

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

巔

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttentˤi[n] top

說文解字

《說文》：“顚，頂也。从頁，眞聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)