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頭
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)
トウ tou
ズ zu
ト to
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
かしら kashira
かぶり kaburi
あたま atama

Words Using This Kanji

482 words total
Other (20 words)
唇頭 しんとう

tip of the lips

音頭 おんど

lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.)

心頭滅却すれば火もまた涼し しんとうめっきゃくすればひもまたすずし

if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool

お団子頭 おだんごあたま

bun (hairstyle)

源頭 げんとう

river source

前頭前野 ぜんとうぜんや

prefrontal cortex

牛頭 ごず

ox-headed demon (in hell)

店頭受け取り てんとううけとり

store pick up (after buying online)

寡頭 かとう

small number of people

環頭大刀 かんとうのたち

sword with a round pommel

頭殿長 とうでんちょう

crown-rump length

児頭骨盤不均衡 じとうこつばんふきんこう

cephalopelvic disproportion

頭ハネ あたまはね

atamahane

雛頭 ひなさき

slightly protruding part of the front of an eboshi

お頭 おかしら

leader

児頭骨盤不適合 じとうこつばんふてきごう

cephalopelvic disproportion

典薬頭 てんやくのかみ

chief court physician (ritsuryō system)

雅楽頭 うたのかみ

chief court musician (ritsuryō system)

念頭に入れる ねんとうにいれる

to give thought to

絶壁頭 ぜっぺきあたま

flat head

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