Kanji
頭
kanji character
head
counter for large animals
頭 kanji-頭 head, counter for large animals
頭
Meaning
head and counter for large animals
Readings
Kun'yomi
- いし あたま obstinate person
- あたま うち reaching a peak
- あたま きん down payment
- かしら もじ first letter of a word
- かしら ぶん boss
- かしら じ first letter
- め がしら inner canthus
- はた がしら leader
- なみ がしら wave crest
- かぶり をふる to shake one's head (in denial)
On'yomi
- ぼう とう beginning
- せん とう head (of a line, group, etc.)
- とう とう finally
- うな ず く to nod
- ず つう headache
- ず のう head
- と きん tokin
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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頭 head -
冒 頭 beginning, opening, start... -
先 頭 head (of a line, group, etc.)... -
石 頭 obstinate person, stubbornness, pigheadedness... -
到 頭 finally, at last, in the end... -
頭 痛 headache -
頭 脳 head, brains, intellect... -
街 頭 (on the) street -
念 頭 (on one's) mind, heed -
点 頭 くto nod, to bow one's head in assent, to agree -
頭 取 (bank) president, greenroom manager (in a theater) -
葱 頭 onion (Allium cepa) -
店 頭 shopfront, storefront, shopwindow... -
年 頭 beginning of the year, the oldest person -
没 頭 immersing oneself in, being absorbed in, devoting oneself to... -
会 頭 society president -
筆 頭 brush tip, first on a list, head... -
頭 部 head -
頭 角 top of the head -
頭 上 overhead, above one's head, high in the sky -
頭 髪 hair (on the head) -
音 頭 lead (in a cheer, toast, song... -
口 頭 oral, verbal, spoken... -
出 頭 appearance, presence, attendance... -
初 頭 beginning (of a century, etc.) -
台 頭 rise (e.g. of a movement), emergence, rearing one's head... -
擡 頭 rise (e.g. of a movement), emergence, rearing one's head... -
弾 頭 warhead -
教 頭 deputy head teacher, vice principal -
前 頭 front of the head