頭
counter for large animals, head
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
16 / 16
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:16
JLPT:3
Frequency:433
Vocabulary
ズ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 頭上 | ズジョウ | overhead; above one's head; high in the sky |
| 頭痛 | ズツウ | headache |
| 頭脳 | ズノウ | head; brains; intellect; understanding |
| 頭巾 | ズキン | headgear (esp. one made of cloth); hood; kerchief; cap; skullcap; hat; tokin (headgear worn by yamabushi) |
| 人工頭脳 | ジンコウズノウ | mechanical brain; computer |
トウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会頭 | カイトウ | society president |
| 街頭 | ガイトウ | (on the) street |
| 核弾頭 | カクダントウ | nuclear warhead |
| 口頭 | コウトウ | oral; verbal; spoken; parol |
| 初頭 | ショトウ | beginning (of a century, etc.) |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 音頭 | おんど | lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku) |
| 葱頭 | たまねぎ | onion (Allium cepa) |
| 出頭 | しゅっとう | appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in |
| 石頭 | いしあたま | obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock) |
| 前頭 | まえがしら | rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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request, trust
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current, rapids, shallows, shoal, torrent
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頑
firmly, foolish, stubborn
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傾
bias, incline, lean, ruin, sink, tilt, trend, wane
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項
clause, item, nape of neck, paragraph, term (expression)
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貴
esteem, honor, precious, prize, value
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類
class, genus, kind, sort, variety
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顕
appear, existing
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願
hope, petition, request, vow, wish
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噴
emit, erupt, flush out, spout
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