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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)

街頭募金がいとうぼきん

streetside fundraising

街頭演説がいとうえんぜつ

roadside speech

冒頭陳述ぼうとうちんじゅつ

opening statement

路頭ろとう

roadside

関頭かんとう

critical moment

側頭葉そくとうよう

temporal lobe

座頭ざがしら

leader of a troupe

白髪頭しらがあたま

gray or silver haired (grey)

座頭鯨ざとうくじら

humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

寡頭政治かとうせいじ

oligarchy

頭に入れるあたまにいれる

to keep in mind

頭が悪いあたまがわるい

slow

頭を下げるあたまをさげる

to bow

頭が固いあたまがかたい

thickheaded

頭を刈るあたまをかる

to have one's hair cut

網頭あみがしら

kanji "net" radical at top

頭の冴えあたまのさえ

bright intelligence

頭のいいあたまのいい

bright

頭遣いかしらつかい

puppeteer for the head

会頭かいとう

society president

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