頂点

See also: 頂點 and 顶点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頂	点
ちょう Grade: 6	てん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
頂點 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちょーてん [chóꜜòtèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

頂(ちょう)点(てん) • (chōten) 

1. top, peak, summit, vertex
   • 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)60話(わ)　少(しょう)女(じょ)の決(けつ)意(い) [Chapter 60: A Girl’s Resolve]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, pages 30–31:

     これがこの赤(セキ)を師(スー)兵(ペイ)の頂(ちょう)点(てん)たらしめる炎(ほのお)だッ!!!我(が)龍(りゅう)双(そう)煉(れん)掌(しょう)

     Kore ga kono Seki o Sūpei no chōten tarashimeru honō da'!!! Garyū Sōrenshō

     This is the flame that helped put me, Seki, at the top of the Supei!!! Garyū Sōrenshō

2. (geometry, graph theory) vertex
3. (geometry) apex

Antonyms

• 底面(ていめん) (teimen, “bottom”) (especially of solids)
• 底辺(ていへん) (teihen, “bottom”) (especially of planes)