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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)
頭金 あたまきん

down payment

頭痛 ずつう

headache

街頭 がいとう

(on the) street

頭を悩ます あたまをなやます

to rack one's brains

頭割り あたまわり

sharing equally (costs, profits, etc.)

頭上 ずじょう

overhead

頭皮 とうひ

scalp

頭骨 とうこつ

skull

頭脳 ずのう

head

頭目 とうもく

chief

二頭引き にとうびき

having two horses draw (e.g. a carriage)

二頭立て にとうだて

having two horses draw (e.g. a carriage)

二頭筋 にとうきん

biceps

任意出頭 にんいしゅっとう

voluntarily appearing for police questioning

念頭 ねんとう

(on one's) mind

波頭 なみがしら

wave crest

馬頭 めず

horse-headed demon (in hell)

番頭 ばんとう

(head) clerk

筆頭 ひっとう

brush tip

会頭 かいとう

society president

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