# 頂 summit/climax

丁 (nail) Same-ON + (headright)
★★☆☆☆
11 strokes

## Onyomi

CHOU |

## Mnemonic

| At the climax of the movie, Margaret CHOU got a nail through her head!

## Kunyomi

いただ＊き | the summit of a mountain. A sort of literary or formal word. F 1/2 KANA ☆☆☆☆☆
いただ＊く | ：to do, have, eat, etc. used by inferior person when addressing superior person. F 1/2 KANA ☆☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

頂点(ちょうてん) | peak ★☆☆☆☆ 頂 (summit/climax) + 点 (point) = 頂点 (peak) climax or peak (the zenith of his popularity / lonely at the top / peak of fascism's power/ the climax of the song, etc)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
頂 | summit/climax | NAIL | 丁
頃 | around that time | HEEL |
預 | deposit | BEFORE | 予
項 | item/paragraph | CRAFT | 工

I plant a NAIL on the summit to claim the mountain.
Around that time, my HEEL fell off, BEFORE I could deposit it in the bank.
You CRAFT a paragraph of cunning lies about me.

## Synonyms

summit 頂点 見所 頂上 山頂 天辺 頂