頭 – head, counter for large animals

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The kanji 頭 means head, counter for large animals. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ、ズ、ト (tou, zu, to); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あたま、かしら、-がしら、かぶり (atama, kashira, gashira, kaburi). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
On’yomi	ズ	zu
On’yomi	ト	to
Kun’yomi	あたま	atama
Kun’yomi	かしら	kashira
Kun’yomi	-がしら	gashira
Kun’yomi	かぶり	kaburi

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: 貝・目・ハ・口・豆・并・頁.

Words using 頭

頭あたまhead頭痛ずつうheadache頭とうcounter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)頭脳ずのうhead先頭せんとうhead (of a line, group, etc.)頭かしらhead口頭こうとうoral街頭がいとう(on the) street冒頭ぼうとうbeginning

Example sentences

アリスは頭に花をさしています。

Alice has a flower in her hair.

Tatoeba #229971

私、ケンと付き合ってるの。彼って、カッコ良くて優しくて、頭もいいの。おまけに、独身よ！

I'm going with Ken. He is cool, gentle and smart. What's more, he is single!

Tatoeba #168116

今日は少し頭痛がする。

I have a slight headache today.

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Kanji with the same radical

題領額顔類頼順項願預顧頑頂顕頻頃

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