顛
Definition
diān:* 头顶。 * 泛指物体顶部。 * 本，始。晋陸機 * 下。漢揚雄 * 坠落；殒落。 * 通"蹎"。倒仆。 * 颠倒；倒置。 * 颠簸。 * 通"瘨（癲）"。疯，狂。 * 古县名。指滇池县，西汉置。治所在今云南省晋宁县东。两汉为益州郡治所。后作"滇"。南朝梁废。 * 姓。 dián:* 〔顛顛〕忧思貌。也单用作"顛"。" * 通"闐"。充满。 diàn:* 同"頊"。古代冠冕的玉饰，自两侧垂于耳旁，用来塞耳，故又名"充耳"
top, peak, summit; upset
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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