頂

音読おんよみ: チョウ

訓読くんよみ: いただき・いただく

画数かくすう: 11 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 頁(おおがい)

Meaning

Summit, top, or peak. Also used in humble expressions to mean “to receive.”


  • 頂上ちょうじょう — summit
  • 頂点ちょうてん — peak, apex
  • 山頂さんちょう — mountain top
  • いただきます — expression of gratitude before meals
  • 頂戴ちょうだい — please give (humble)

頂 combines the radical 頁 (head) with the phonetic 丁 (テイ), giving the image of “the top of the head.” This evolved to mean “summit” and also “to humbly receive something from someone above.”

やま頂上ちょうじょうのぼりました。
I climbed to the summit of the mountain.

このほんいただきました。
I received this book (humbly).

As an on-yomi, 頂 is read チョウ in compounds like 頂上ちょうじょう. The kun-yomi いただく is used in respectful language.

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