頂
頂

place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak

11 strokesFrequency 1,350JLPT N2Grade 6

On

チョウ

Kun

いただ.くいただき

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

to be crowned withcrownedcrownitadaku

Constituents

ハanimal legs
丶drop
一ceiling
一one
丁nail
丁spike
丁street
八eight
目eye
貝clam
貝oyster
貝shellfish
頁head
頁page

Mnemonic Stories

Imagine a modern version of Jesus being crowned with a crown of nails placed on the head.

This kanji is used in common phrase 「いただきます!」, but usually it's written with only kana. If you know that word, maybe you can imagine a King humbly receiving a crown and being crowned with it.

Heisig deemed this one "place on the head" but that seems harder to remember. The important thing to remember is that it's more about the location, and not a physical crown.

Dictionary

Common Words

いただく頂く戴くUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #327
1

Humble; Transitive verb

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy

Examples
アトランタ訪問の際には、お時間をさいていただき、ありがとうございました。
Thank you for the time you spent with me during my visit to Atlanta.
2

Humble; Polite; Transitive verb

to eat; to drink

Examples
「もっとコーヒーはいかがですか」「もう結構です。十分頂きました」
"Will you have some more coffee?" "No, thanks. I've had enough."
3

Transitive verb; Orig. meaning

to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top)

4

Transitive verb

to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)

5

Humble; Auxiliary verb; Follows a verb in "-te" form

to get someone to do something

頂戴ちょうだいFreq #2442
1

Humble; Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

receiving; getting; accepting; being given

Examples
市民の皆様の御意見をちょうだいする予定です。
We plan to elicit opinions from the public.
2

Humble; Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

eating; drinking; having

3

Familiar; Female; Word usually written using kana alone; Expressions; As 〜をちょうだい or after the -te form of a verb

please (give me; do for me)

Examples
このバラちょうだい。
I'll take these roses.
いすで床をこすらないでちょうだい。
Don't scrape your chair on the floor.
頂点ちょうてんNounFreq #5271
1

Geometry

vertex; apex

2

top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; peak

3

top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit

4

peak (of popularity, a boom, etc.); height (e.g. of prosperity); apex; zenith; climax

Examples
経済は今景気循環の頂点にある。
The economy is at peak of a business cycle at present.
頂上ちょうじょうNoun～の Adj.Freq #7470
1

top; summit; peak

Examples
私達はついに頂上へたどり着いた。
At last, we reached the summit.
させていただくさせて頂くExpressionUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #7590
1

Humble

to have the privilege of doing

Examples
あなたのパーティーに喜んで出席させていただきます。
I will be happy to attend your party.
絶頂ぜっちょうNounFreq #8337
1

top (of a mountain); summit

Examples
その俳優は人気絶頂の時に死んだ。
The actor died at the height of his popularity.
2

peak; height; zenith; acme; climax

3

Colloquial; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

orgasm; climax

てっぺん天辺頂辺てへんてっぺい (天辺)NounUsually kanaFreq #9583
1

top; summit; apex; peak

Examples
私たちは大阪タワーのてっぺんに上がった。
We got to the top of Osaka Tower.
2

てっぺん only; Slang; Often in てっぺんを回る or てっぺん回る

twelve o'clock (usu. midnight)

3

Esp. 頂辺 when in kanji

top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown

仏頂面ぶっちょうづらNounFreq #12725
1

sour look; surly face; pout

頂頂き戴きいただきNounFreq #14743
1

Esp. 頂

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire

Examples
今朝起きてみると、山の頂が雪におおわれていた。
I awoke this morning to find the summit of the mountain covered with snow.
2

Esp. 頂き, 戴き

easy win for one

3

Esp. 頂き, 戴き

something received

山頂さんちょうNounFreq #15563
1

summit (of a mountain)

Examples
山頂が雲の上にそびえている。
The peak rises above the clouds.
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