頭

head, counter for large animals

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ズトトウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-がしらあたまかしらかぶり

Nanori (名乗り)

かみがみちゃんつむりづ

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:16

JLPT:N3

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

Word	Reading	Meaning
頭襟	トキン	tokin; small black headgear worn by yamabushi

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

rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal

stubborn, foolish, firmly

lean, incline, tilt, trend, wane, sink, ruin, bias

paragraph, nape of neck, clause, item, term (expression)

precious, value, prize, esteem, honor

sort, kind, variety, class, genus

appear, existing

petition, request, vow, wish, hope

erupt, spout, emit, flush out