颠倒 diāndǎo Upside down

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Traditional: 顛倒

Stroke order

颠倒 is written in 26 strokes across 2 characters.

颠倒 — the Chinese character for Upside down (diāndǎo), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 颠倒 — Upside down

颠 — 16 strokes
倒 — 10 strokes

Senses

to turn upside down
to reverse
back to front
confused
deranged
crazy

Characters in 颠倒

颠 diān — top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards
倒 dǎo — to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

颠倒 is pronounced diāndǎo and means “Upside down”.

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