The kanji 頂: meaning, readings and stroke order

頂

Meaning: top, receive (politely)
On reading: チョウ chou
Kun reading: いただ（く） itadaku、いただき itadaki
Strokes: 11
Radical: 頁 leaf
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đỉnh, nhận (khiêm nhường) (đỉnh)
Japanese: いちばんうえ。もらうのていねいないいかた。
Korean: 꼭대기, 받다 (정)
Chinese: 山顶、收下（谦虚的说法） (顶)

Readings, words and example sentences

チョウ chou · on reading

頂ちょう上じょう
top, summit
山の 頂ちょう上じょうまで登りました。
We climbed to the top of the mountain.

いただ（く） itadaku · kun reading

頂いただく
to receive (polite)
先生から本を 頂いただきます。
I receive a book from my teacher.

いただき itadaki · kun reading · less common

頂いただき
top, peak
木の 頂いただきに鳥がとまっています。
A bird is sitting on the top of the tree.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.