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頭 : Head

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Components:
豆頁

head, counter for large animals

On 'yomi:
トウ(tou) ズ(zu) ト(to)
Kun 'yomi:
あたま(atama) かしら(kashira) -がしら(gashira) かぶり(kaburi)
Nanori:
かみ(kami) がみ(gami) ちゃん(chan) つむり(tsumuri) づ(zu)
Strokes:16
Radical:頁 (181)
Usage Rating:433
JLPT:N3
old JLPT:3
Grade:2
Unicode:0982d
jis208:38-12
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頭 Usage examples

叩頭(こうとう)kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)
白髪頭(しらがあたま)gray or silver haired (grey)
座頭(ざがしら)leader of a troupe
座頭(ざとう)masseur (usu. blind)
座頭鯨(ザトウクジラ)humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
寡頭政治(かとうせいじ)oligarchy
獅子頭(シシガシラ)Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)
頭が固い(あたまがかたい)
頭がかたい(あたまがかたい)
thickheaded, obstinate, inflexible, stubborn
頭が悪い(あたまがわるい)
頭がわるい(あたまがわるい)
slow, weak-headed, dumb
頭に入れる(あたまにいれる)
頭にいれる(あたまにいれる)
to keep in mind, to memorize
頭の良い(あたまのよい)
頭のよい(あたまのよい)
bright, intelligent
頭の冴え(あたまのさえ)bright intelligence
頭を下げる(あたまをさげる)to bow to, to yield to, to admire
網頭(あみがしら)kanji "net" radical
頭遣い(かしらつかい)puppeteer for the head
稼ぎ頭(かせぎがしら)breadwinner, biggest earner
岩頭(がんとう)
巌頭(がんとう)
top of a massive rock
頭が高い(ずがたかい)haughty
先頭伍(せんとうご)leading file
柄頭(つかがしら)pommel
釘頭(ていとう)nailhead
頭囲(とうい)head measurement
濁った頭(にごったあたま)light head, vague head
白頭翁(はくとうおう)windflower, white-haired old man
人の頭に立つ(ひとのかしらにたつ)to stand at the head of others
峰頭(ほうとう)summit of a peak
白頭鷲(ハクトウワシ)bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
巻頭言(かんとうげん)foreword, preface, prefatory note
出頭命令(しゅっとうめいれい)(issuing) order requiring somebody to report personally (to a police station), subpoena
店頭販売(てんとうはんばい)over-the-counter sales, selling over the counter
尖頭(せんとう)
せん頭(せんとう)
point, pointed end, cusp
鳥頭(トリカブト)traditional bugaku hat, wolfsbane, monkshood
八つ頭(やつがしら)
八頭(やつがしら)
form of taro, yam
葉鶏頭(がんらいこう)tampala, Amaranthus tricolor
芋頭(いもがしら)tubercle
咽頭結膜熱(いんとうけつまくねつ)pharyngoconjunctival fever
隠頭花序(いんとうかじょ)hypanthium
寡頭制(かとうせい)oligarchy
兜頭巾(かぶとずきん)helmet-shaped hood
街頭犯罪(がいとうはんざい)street crime
水頭症(すいとうしょう)hydrocephalus
店頭株市場(てんとうかぶいちば)over-the-counter market
一頭地を抜く(いっとうちをぬく)to cut a conspicuous figure, to be by far the best
頭記(とうき)abovementioned item, description at beginning of (this) text or document
若い者頭(わかものがしら)functionary charged with training and organizing young wrestlers