EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    top; summit; apex; peak

    Usually written using kana alone

    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. twelve o'clock (usu. midnight)

    Usually written using kana aloneSlangoften in てっぺんを回る or てっぺん回る

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

    Usually written using kana aloneesp. 頂辺 when in kanji

Also written 頂辺【てっぺん】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

heavens, sky, imperial

Kun
あまつあめあま-
On
テン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
512 of 2500
Radical
big
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

あきあもたかしなま

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-1SKIP code
0a4.21The Kanji Dictionary
1043.0Four corner code
3163deroo
5929Unicode hex code
1-37-23JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
16Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1138New Nelson (John Haig)
3442New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4250Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2148Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2898Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
428Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
457Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
364A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
93Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
78Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5833Morohashi
58A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
141Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
141Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
119sakade
41Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
67henshall3
34Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
277crowley
462Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
410Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
435Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tian1Pinyin reading
cheonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

environs, boundary, border, vicinity

Kun
あた.りほと.り-べ
On
ヘン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
428 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

なべ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-3-2SKIP code
2q2.1The Kanji Dictionary
3730.2Four corner code
3545deroo
8fbaUnicode hex code
1-42-53JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4661Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6011New Nelson (John Haig)
3029New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3761Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1916Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2607Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
284Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
302Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
696A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
179Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
270Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38710PMorohashi
580A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
775Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
789Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
713sakade
947Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
608henshall3
455Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
962Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
676Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
290Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bian1Pinyin reading
byeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level