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顛: overturn

overturn; upset
19 strokesNames & literary · More literary kanji (準1級 range)in 2 words here

Readings

On
テン
Kun
いただき・たおれる

Mostly in 顛末 (the whole story). 動顛 and 本末顛倒 are now usually written 動転 and 本末転倒.

Key words

顛末てんまつthe whole story
動顛どうてんbeing upset; flustered
本末顛倒ほんまつてんとうgetting priorities backwards
顛倒てんとうoverturning; inversion
七顛八倒しちてんばっとうwrithing in agony

Example sentences

I put the whole course of the incident into a report, in order.

I was so flustered by the sudden news that I could not speak for a while.

Spending only on advertising and forgetting about quality is putting the cart before the horse.

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