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diān

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 3, 2026, 02:38 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 3, 2026, 02:38 AM

眞 → 真

Changed fields: components, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages

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

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
真
真 Sound component

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

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)