頭 — kanji meaning “head”
頭
head, counter for large animals
- Meanings
- head, counter for large animals
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)、ズ (zu)、ト (to)
- Kun'yomi
- あたま、かしら、-がしら、かぶり
- Name readings
- かみ、がみ、ちゃん、つむり、づ
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #433 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 181
- Chinese reading
- tóu, tou — Chinese character page
Words with 頭
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒頭 | ぼうとう boutou | beginning; opening; start |
| 先頭 | せんとう sentou | head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead |
| 頭痛 | ずつう zutsuu | headache |
| 街頭 | がいとう gaitou | (on the) street |
| 頭脳 | ずのう zunou | head; brains |
| 念頭 | ねんとう nentou | (on one's) mind; heed |
| 店頭 | てんとう tentou | shopfront; storefront; shopwindow |
| 没頭 | ぼっとう bottou | immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to |
| 筆頭 | ひっとう hittou | brush tip |
| 頭部 | とうぶ toubu | head |
| 台頭 | たいとう taitou | rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head |
| 初頭 | しょとう shotou | beginning (of a century, etc.) |
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