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颛

顓
zhuān
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 honest and simple; good-natured (classical)
  2. 2 sole; exclusive (same as 专) (classical)

Examples

HSK 7-9
颛顼是上古传说中的五帝之一。
Zhuānxū shì shànggǔ chuánshuō zhōng de wǔdì zhī yī.
Zhuanxu was one of the legendary Five Emperors of high antiquity.

Tips

history
颛 is not used independently in modern Chinese. It is best known from the legendary emperor 颛顼; in classical texts it also meant 'honest and simple' or, like 专, 'sole'. It joins the phonetic 耑 with the head radical 页 (traditional 頁).
register
Archaic and literary only; encountered in classical history and the name 颛顼, not in modern speech.

Components

radical
页 yè
head; page
The head radical 页 (traditional 頁) on the right groups this with characters about the head, face and, by extension, character or demeanor.
phonetic
耑 duān
tip; beginning (phonetic element)
Supplies the sound (reading drifted from duān to zhuān). 耑 is the older full form behind 端; here it is purely phonetic.

Stroke Order

颛 zhuān