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ι ­
JLPT N3 SL2 16 strokes Frequency: #433

Meanings

Head, Counter For Large Animals

Radicals

頁

Decomposition

⿰豆頁

Etymology

Pictophonetic: head

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical bottom-to-top
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
5 dot bottom-to-top
6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 rising bottom-to-top
8 horizontal right-to-left
9 diagonal right-to-left
10 vertical right-to-left
11 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
14 horizontal bottom-to-top
15 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
16 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γƒˆγ‚¦ tou
γ‚Ί zu
γƒˆ to
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
かしら kashira
γ‹γΆγ‚Š kaburi
γ‚γŸγΎ atama

Words Using This Kanji

482 words total
Other (20 words)
ζ²–ε·¨ι ­ γŠγγ”γ‚“γ©γ†

false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

頭子音 とうしいん

initial consonant

ι ­θͺž とうご

the opening greeting on letters

ε‘”ι ­ γŸγ£γ‘γ‚…γ†

small Zen temple built to commemorate the death of a high priest

ιΌ»ι ­ はγͺγŒγ—γ‚‰

tip of the nose

ιŸ³ι ­γ‚’γ¨γ‚‹ γŠγ‚“γ©γ‚’γ¨γ‚‹

to take the lead (of a group of people)

ι ­ι«˜εž‹ γ‚γŸγΎγ γ‹γŒγŸ

pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

ι ­θΆŠγ— γ‚γŸγΎγ”γ—

ignoring

頭部倖傷 γ¨γ†γΆγŒγ„γ—γ‚‡γ†

head injury

路頭に迷う γ‚γ¨γ†γ«γΎγ‚ˆγ†

to be left without means of sustenance

ι ­γŒγ„γ„ γ‚γŸγΎγŒγ„γ„

bright

頭頂葉 γ¨γ†γ‘γ‚‡γ†γ‚ˆγ†

parietal lobe

前頭ιͺ¨ γœγ‚“γ¨γ†γ“γ€

frontal bone (of the skull)

εΎŒι ­θ‘‰ γ“γ†γ¨γ†γ‚ˆγ†

occipital lobe

後頭ιͺ¨ こうとうこ぀

occipital bone (of the skull)

側頭ιͺ¨ そくとうこ぀

temporal bone (of the skull)

頭を使う γ‚γŸγΎγ‚’γ€γ‹γ†

to use one's head

江頭 こうとう

riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River)

δΊ€ι ­η‚Ž γγ¨γ†γˆγ‚“

balanitis

会頭 かいとう

society president