Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: head, counter for large animals

Kunyomi: あたま かしら -がしら かぶり

Onyomi: トウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おおがい

Meaning: leaf

Strokes: 9

Examples

Examples with audio

する(ぼっとうする)   immerse oneself

部(とうぶ)   head

(てんとう)   shop front

痛(ずつう)   headache

脳(ずのう)   brains

(おんど)   marching songs

(あたま)   head

(めがしら)   the corner of the eye

(なみがしら)   whitecaps

Onyomi Examples

トウ counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.

トウカク top of the head

キョウトウ deputy head teacher, vice principal

カイトウ society president

head

打ち アタマウチ reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out

メズ horse-headed demon (in hell)

リュウズ crown (of a watch), stem, cannon (of a bell), something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)

トウ counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.

トウカク top of the head

鳥兜 トリカブト aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum), wolfsbane, monkshood, traditional bugaku hat

Kunyomi Examples

あたま head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair

打ち あたまうち reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out

いしあたま obstinate person, stubbornness, pigheadedness, hard head (like a rock)

ごま塩 ごましおあたま salt and pepper hair, dark hair streaked with gray

あたま head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair

文字 かしらもじ first letter of a word, capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence), initials (of one's name)

鯛の尾より鰯の たいのおよりいわしのかしら better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

め組の めぐみのかしら fire brigade chief (in Edo), chief fireman

こうべ head

を振る かぶりをふる to shake one's head (in denial)