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
Radical: 頁
Reading: おおがい
Meaning: leaf
Strokes: 9
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
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
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)