頂 — kanji meaning “place on the head”
頂
place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
- Meanings
- place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- いただ.く、いただき
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1350 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 181
- Chinese reading
- dǐng — Chinese character page
Words with 頂
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 頂点 | ちょうてん chouten | vertex; apex |
| 頂上 | ちょうじょう choujou | top; summit; peak |
| 山頂 | さんちょう sanchou | summit (of a mountain) |
| 頂戴 | ちょうだい choudai | receiving; getting; accepting |
| 絶頂 | ぜっちょう zetchou | top (of a mountain); summit |
| 有頂天 | うちょうてん uchouten | ecstasy |
| 登頂 | とうちょう touchou | climbing to the summit; summiting |
| 頂ける | いただける itadakeru | to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to accept |
| 頂く | いただく itadaku | to receive; to get; to accept |
| 頭頂 | とうちょう touchou | top of the head; crown of the head; vertex |
| 仏頂面 | ぶっちょうづら butchouzura | sour look; surly face; pout |
| 真骨頂 | しんこっちょう shinkotchou | one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of |
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