Taxonomy of meanings for 顛:　　

  • 顛 diān (OC: tiin MC: ten) 都年切 平 廣韻：【頂也又姓左傳晉有顚頡都年切十五 】
    • FOREHEAD
      • nforehead
      • generalised>HEAD
        • ncrown of the head
        • metaphorical: basis>BEGIN
          • generalised>TOP
              • generalised>SUMMIT
                • nmountain top
                • nabfigurativeliterary: the climax, the most important point (which must culminate at the end of a phrase)CH
              • action: on tiptoe>STAND
                  • result>STUMBLE
                    • viprocessstumble
                    • result>FALL
                        • result>COLLAPSE
                          • vichangecollapse, tip over
                          • vifigurativecollapse
                          • generalised>DIE
                            • vieventdrop dead
                        • grammaticalised>BELOW
                        • result>CONFUSED
                          • vihave things upside down> be confused
                          • resulting reaction>SHAKE
                            • resulting action>FLEE
                  • WEIGH
                    • =癲MAD
                      • vicompletely disorientated (like someone whose body has been turned round and round), utterly confused
                      • v[adN]nonreferentialdisoriented person; person behaving in a crazy way; lunatic
                    • SURNAME
                  • 顛 diān (OC: tiin MC: ten) 都年切 平 廣韻：【同顚 】
                  • 顛 tiàn (OC: thiins MC: tʰen) 他甸切 去 廣韻：【同瑱 】

                  Additional information about 顛

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                    Criteria
                  • CROWN OF HEAD

                    1. Diān 顛 is the old current word for the crown of the head.

                    2. Dǐng 頂 is a later word for the crown of the hed which slowly became current from Warring States times onwards.

                  • FOREHEAD

                    1. The current general word for the forehead in Han times became é 額.

                    2. Yán 顏 is the most current ancient word and refers specifically to the area between the eyebrows, more generally to the upper part of the face.

                    3. Sǎng 顙 refers to the forehead as a whole, especially the upper part.

                    4. Tí 題 and diān 顛 refers to the forehead but may include the top of the head.

                  • COLLAPSE

                    1. The current words for the collapse of buildings is qǐng 傾 and huī 隳.

                    2. For the collapse of standing objects it is diān 顛.

                    3. For the collapse of mountains we have bēng 崩 and tuí 頹.

                    4. Dǎo 倒 is often used causatively to mean "make topple over".

                    5. Pū 仆 refers to things falling from a vertical position so as to take up a horisontal position.

                    6. Bì 斃 refers to some person or some animal collapsing suddenly, often to die.

                  • MAD

                    1. The most general word referring to anything insane or mad is kuáng 狂 (ant. ???: no notion of normality present). Importantly, this word also refers to inspired "madness" in the Greek sense of mainesthai "be raving" which is often used of inspired poets or thinkers. See CRAZY.

                    2. Clinical lunacy or mental derangement is rarely referred to, but sometimes diān 顛 seems used to refer to this state..

                    3. Stupidity bordering on insanity is chī 癡 (ant. mǐn 敏 "highly sensitive and clever").

                    4. Utter confusion of mind bordering on insanity is sometimes referred to by the word huò 惑 (ant. míng 明 "be clear of mind, see things clearly"). See CONFUSED.

                    Fēng 瘋 is post-Buddhist, although there are a few cases in which one suspects that 風 may be used to write 瘋.

                  • SUMMIT

                    1. The most current general word for the topmost part of anything is probably dǐng 頂 (ant. lù 麓 "foot of mountain", * dāng 當 "bottom").

                    2. Diān 顛 / 巔 (ant. xià 下 "foot (of mountain") refers most often to mountain tops, but as the graphic etymology of the original character might lead one to expect, the word can also refer to the crown of the head.

                    3. Lóng 隆 (ant. bēi 卑 refers to the highest point of anything but adds the connotation of general venerability.

                    4. Jí 極 and zhì 至 "ultimate point" are very abstract words referring, occasionally, to the highest point of concrete objects.

                    5. Liáng 梁 refers to the ridge at the top of a mountain range.

                    6. Fēng 峰 is a very rare word in pre-Buddhist Chinese and refers to the top of a high mountain.