# 巔

| 巔 | U+5DD4, &#24020; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DD4 |
| ← 巓 [U+5DD3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 巕 → [U+5DD5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

巔 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 山十金金 (UJCC), four-corner 2288$_6$, composition ⿱山顛)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 323, character 6
* Dae Jaweon: page 623, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 808, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5DD4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 寘 | *tjels |
| 䡩 | *kʰriːn |
| 黰 | *ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ |
| 顛 | *tiːn, *tʰiːns |
| 滇 | *tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn |
| 齻 | *tiːn |
| 槙 | *tiːn, *tjinʔ |
| 瘨 | *tiːn |
| 傎 | *tiːn |
| 蹎 | *tiːn |
| 厧 | *tiːn |
| 巔 | *tiːn |
| 癲 | *tiːn |
| 瑱 | *tʰiːns, *tins |
| 填 | *diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins |
| 窴 | *diːn, *diːns |
| 闐 | *diːn, *diːns |
| 磌 | *diːn, *tjin |
| 鷏 | *diːn |
| 嗔 | *diːn, *tʰjin |
| 搷 | *diːn |
| 鎮 | *tin, *tins |
| 縝 | *tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin |
| 真 | *ʔljin |
| 禛 | *tjin |
| 稹 | *ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ |
| 蒖 | *tjin |
| 鬒 | *ʔljinʔ |
| 瞋 | *tʰjin |
| 謓 | *tʰjin |
| 慎 | *djins |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːn) : semantic 山 + phonetic 顛 (OC *tiːn, *tʰiːns).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“upper part”). Cognate with 顛 (OC *tiːn, “top of the head”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): diān (dian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): din$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): diĕng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tian
    (Teochew, Peng'im): diêng$^1$ / diang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ti
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diān
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dian
*** Wade–Giles: tien$^1$
*** Yale: dyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dian
*** Palladius: дянь (djanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: din$^1$
*** Yale: dīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: din$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: din$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːn⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /tieŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian
*** Tâi-lô: tian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diefn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: diêng$^1$ / diang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tieng / tiang
*** Sinological IPA : /tieŋ³³/, /tiaŋ³³/
* diêng1 - Chaozhou;
* diang1 - Shantou.
* Middle Chinese: ten
Rime :
| Character | 巔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 都年切 |
| Baxter | ten |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ten/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ten/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /ten/ |
| Wang Li | /tien/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tien/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | diān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | din$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tiːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 巔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17046 |
| Phonetic component | 眞 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 顚 |
| Old Chinese | /*tiːn/ |

### Definitions

巔
* summit of mountain; mountain top; peak
* highest; top
* (traditional Chinese medicine, anatomy) head

### Compounds

* 山巔／山巅 (shāndiān)
* 峰巔／峰巅 (fēngdiān)
* 巔峰／巅峰 (diānfēng)
* 巔峰狀態／巅峰状态
* 巔峰負載／巅峰负载
* 巔崖／巅崖
* 巔崖峻谷／巅崖峻谷
* 巔疾／巅疾
* 巔越／巅越
* 彩虹之巔／彩虹之巅

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): てん (ten)
* Kun: いただき (itadaki)

## Korean
### Hanja

巔 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn)
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