頂
頂 — Place on the head
place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiいただく (itadaku)
Kun’yomiいただき (itadaki)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 頂
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 頂点 | ちょうてん chouten | vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain) |
| 山頂 | さんちょう sanchou | summit (of a mountain) |
| 頂上 | ちょうじょう choujou | top; summit; peak |
| 登頂 | とうちょう touchou | climbing to the summit; summiting |
| 頂 | いただき itadaki | crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire |
| 絶頂 | ぜっちょう zecchou | top (of a mountain); summit; peak |
Study notes
頂 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1350 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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