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The simplified character 颛 is the counterpart of traditional 顓. It combines the phonetic component 专 (derived from 專) with the semantic radical 页 (from 頁, meaning "head"). In early Chinese, it described a person's appearance, especially the head, or their demeanor, conveying notions of honesty, goodness, or a simple, unadorned nature, and could also indicate a specific head shape. However, the character's most prominent use is in the name of Zhuanxu (颛顼), one of the legendary Five Emperors of ancient mythology. As a result, it now serves almost exclusively as a proper noun, and its original descriptive meanings have been largely forgotten.
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