兜 — kanji meaning “helmet”
兜
helmet, head piece
- Meanings
- helmet, head piece
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)、ト (to)
- Kun'yomi
- かぶと
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2034 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 10
- Chinese reading
- dōu — Chinese character page
Words with 兜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鉄兜 | てつかぶと tetsukabuto | steel helmet |
| 内兜 | うちかぶと uchikabuto | inside of a helmet; hidden circumstances |
| 兜蟹 | かぶとがに kabutogani | horseshoe crab |
| 鳥兜 | とりかぶと torikabuto | aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum); wolfsbane; monkshood |
| 兜頭巾 | かぶとずきん kabutozukin | helmet-shaped hood |
| 兜率天 | とそつてん tosotsuten | Tusita heaven (one of the six heavens of the desire realm); Tushita |
| 角兜 | つのかぶと tsunokabuto | spiked helmet |
| 兜率 | とそつ tosotsu | Tusita (heaven, pure land) |
| 兜魚 | かぶとうお kabutouo | large-headed midnight fish (Poromitra crassiceps) |
| 兜蝦 | かぶとえび kabutoebi | tadpole shrimp (Triopsidae spp.); shield shrimp |
| 兜巾 | ときん tokin | tokin; small black headgear worn by yamabushi |
| 兜を脱ぐ | かぶとをぬぐ kabutoonugu | to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone |
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