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頭

Head
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingトウ、ズ、ト
Kun readingあたま、かしら
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 2Level 10

Verbs with «頭»

没頭する

Meanings

  1. headRtK
    彼は帽子を頭に載せた。He put a cap on his head.tatoeba
    彼は頭を棚に強くぶつけて大きなこぶを作った。He banged his head against a shelf and got a big lump.tatoeba
  2. counter for large animalsとう ↓
  1. hair (on one's head)
  2. mind
  3. brains
  4. intellect

Synonyms

ヘッド頭金

Homonyms

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Same spelling, other readings
  • 頭 とう — counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)
Same reading (とう)
党 · party (political)唐 · Tang dynasty (of China塔 · tower糖 · sugar問う · to ask

Popular Usage

頭痛頭脳先頭街頭

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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beans · table · one (一) · mouth (口) · page · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · drop (丶) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1549

Compound words

頭痛ずつう
headache
頭脳ずのう
head; brains; intellect; understanding
先頭せんとう
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
弾頭だんとう
warhead
頭骨とうこつ
skull
頭取とうどり
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
街頭がいとう
(on the) street
音頭おんど
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
会頭かいとう
society president
口頭こうとう
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
出頭しゅっとう
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
初頭しょとう
beginning (of a century, etc.)
石頭いしあたま
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
前頭まえがしら
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
台頭たいとう
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore
店頭てんとう
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; (near the) shop entrance; over-the-counter
頭角とうかく
top of the head
頭金あたまきん
down payment; deposit
頭上ずじょう
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
頭髪とうはつ
hair (on the head)
頭部とうぶ
head
念頭ねんとう
(on one's) mind; heed
筆頭ひっとう
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
冒頭ぼうとう
beginning; opening; start; outset

On Reading Examples

彼は牛を十頭飼っている。とう
He has ten cows.tatoeba
彼は牛を２頭の馬と交換した。とう
He exchanged his cow for two horses.tatoeba
彼は我が国有数の頭脳の一人だ。ずのう
He is one of the best brains in our country.tatoeba
彼の頭脳の働きは活発だった。ずのう
The functions of his brain were very active.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は頭を岩にぶつけた。あたま
He hit his head against a rock.tatoeba
彼は頭を殴られてぼうっとなった。あたま
He was dazed by a blow to the head.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は法廷へ出頭を命じられた。
He was summoned to appear in court.tatoeba
彼は埠頭に座っていた。
He was sitting on the quay.tatoeba
彼は彼らより頭がいい。
He is cleverer than they are.tatoeba
後白河上皇は長年頭痛に悩まされていた。
The retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa suffered from headaches for many years.wiki
こうして室町幕府の頭痛の種はほとんどが消滅した。
As a result, most of the headaches for the Muromachi shogunate government were eliminated.wiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Head. 豆 (a footed vessel) + 頁 (head) — a round head on a neck, like a bowl on a stem.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 頭

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