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diān

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diān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diān | dian1
English translation
peak, summit, top; to upset

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About diān

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

diān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

head

Etymology of diān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

真頁

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhēn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhēn represents the sound. Simplified form of diān .

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Words with diān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
diān apex diān
颠倒 diāndǎo to reverse顛倒
颠覆 diān fù to capsize顛覆
颠簸 diānbǒ to shake顛簸
不列颠 Bù liè diān Britain不列顛
大不列颠 Dà Bù liè diān Great Britain大不列顛
颠倒黑白 diān dǎo hēi bái to misrepresent the facts顛倒黑白
神魂颠倒 shén hún diān dǎo fascinated神魂顛倒
颠沛流离 diān pèi liú lí to drift顛沛流離
颠倒是非 diān dǎo shì fēi to invert right and wrong顛倒是非
颠扑不破 diān pū bù pò solid顛撲不破
颠三倒四 diān sān dǎo sì confused顛三倒四
颠来倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on顛來倒去
颠沛 diān pèi destitute顛沛
颠茄 diān qié deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)顛茄
颠鸾倒凤 diān luán dǎo fèng to have sexual intercourse顛鸞倒鳳
流离颠沛 liú lí diān pèi destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means流離顛沛
跑跑颠颠 pǎo pǎo diān diān to work hectically跑跑顛顛

diān Decomposition & Compounds

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