巔

巅

巔

dia̅n = di + an1

summit

巔 character breakdown

巔
- 山
  - 丨
  - 凵
- 顛
  - 真
    - 具
      - 一
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
      - 目
        
        二
        
        一
        
        囗
      - 貝
        
        八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
        
        目
        
        二
        
        一
        
        囗
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 頁
    - 丆
      - 一
      - 丿
    - 貝
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
      - 目
        
        二
        
        一
        
        囗

山

sha̅n = sh + an1

surname Shan

山

sha̅n = sh + an1

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

山 = 丨 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: 山 looks like the tip of a fork. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is climbing a mountain (山) in front of the anthill (an1). He uses a dinosaur bone (〡) as walking stick, and to have better grip he attached a fork (山) to its tip. Unfortunately he accidentally sticks the fork into a receptacle (凵) on the ground of the mountain and gets shocked.

颠

顛

dia̅n = di + an1

top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt

颠 = 真 + 页 : Dorothy Gale (di) is going to paint the anthill (an1) and is getting ready in front of the building. In order to protect her apex (颠) she puts a sheet of paper (页) into a replicator (真) and gets out a paper hat.