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頭 : Head

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Components:

head, counter for large animals

On 'yomi:
トウ(tou)(zu)(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)(zu)
Strokes:16
Radical: (181)
Usage Rating:433
JLPT:N3
old JLPT:3
Grade:2
Unicode:0982d
jis208:38-12
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頭 Usage examples

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