Origin

This character combines two parts. The right side, 頁, is a classifying radical meaning "head" or "face" — it groups this character with other words about the head. The left side, 丁, acts as a sound hint suggesting how the character is pronounced. Together, the combination originally meant the top of the head, which is where you receive things or balance them — hence the meanings expanded to include "to receive," "summit," or "peak," any kind of topmost point. The shape thus pictures the idea of something at the highest point of the head, which came to represent any kind of top or peak.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).