頂 – place on the head, receive, top of head

11 strokesTaught in grade 6#1350 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 頂 means place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョウ (chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いただ.く、いただき (itadaku, itadaki). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
Kun’yomi	いただ.く	itadaku
Kun’yomi	いただき	itadaki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: 一・貝・目・ハ・頁・亅.

Words using 頂

頂くいただくto receive頂上ちょうじょうtop頂点ちょうてんvertex

Example sentences

「もっとコーヒーはいかがですか」「もう結構です。十分頂きました」

"Will you have some more coffee?" "No, thanks. I've had enough."

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私達はついに頂上へたどり着いた。

At last, we reached the summit.

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経済は今景気循環の頂点にある。

The economy is at peak of a business cycle at present.

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Kanji with the same radical

題領額頭顔類頼順項願預顧頑顕頻頃

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.