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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, ズ, ト

Composition: 豆 頁

頭

Radical

Radical: 頁

Reading: おおがい

Meaning: leaf

Strokes: 9

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Examples

Examples with audio

没頭する(ぼっとうする)   immerse oneself

頭部(とうぶ)   head

店頭(てんとう)   shop front

頭痛(ずつう)   headache

頭脳(ずのう)   brains

音頭(おんど)   marching songs

頭(あたま)   head

目頭(めがしら)   the corner of the eye

波頭(なみがしら)   whitecaps

Onyomi Examples

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

頭角 (トウカク) top of the head

教頭 (キョウトウ) deputy head teacher, vice principal

会頭 (カイトウ) society president

頭 (ズ) head

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

馬頭 (メズ) horse-headed demon (in hell)

烏頭 (ウズ) dried aconite root (used in traditional Chinese medicine), monkshood

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

頭角 (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

頭 (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

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

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

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

頭 (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

頭文字 (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)

お頭 (おかしら) leader, chief, head, boss, (another person's) head

鯛の尾より鰯の頭 (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

頭 (かぶり) head

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

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