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顛 kanji
overturn, summit, origin
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テン
Kun readings
いただきたおれる
Variant forms
顚Words with 顛
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —顛末details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
- —顛倒cognitive distortion
- —顛末記full account
- —顛末書detailed written report; formal account (of steps taken in response to an incident, etc.)
- —造次顛沛(a) moment
- —顛覆overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
- —顛落fall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent; degradation; comedown; demotion
- —動顛disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; being astonished; being frightened; transition; changing; moving
- —顛倒fall; falling down; tumbling; toppling (over); inversion; reversal; turning upside-down; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
- —山顛summit (of a mountain)
- —顛蹶stumbling; tripping; failure
- —主客顛倒reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
- —本末顛倒putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
- —七顛八倒tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
- —酒顛童子Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
- —七顛八起not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds