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頭

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • head
  • counter for large animals

On'yomi (音読み)

  • トウ
  • ズ
  • ト

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • あたま
  • かしら
  • -がしら
  • かぶり
Strokes
16
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#417
School Grade
Grade 2
Radical
頁#181 · leaf

Components

Common Words

  • 頭とうCounter
    counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
  • 先頭せんとうNoun
    head (of a line, group, etc.), front, lead
  • 冒頭ぼうとうNoun
    beginning, opening, start
  • 店頭てんとうNoun
    shopfront, storefront, shopwindow
  • 頭取とうどりNoun
    leader, head, chief
  • 念頭ねんとうNoun
    (on one's) mind, heed
  • 街頭がいとうNoun
    (on the) street
  • 筆頭ひっとうNoun
    brush tip

Practice in Kanjiru

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Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)