Moto 頂: Place On The Head; Receive; Top Of HeadKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- チョウ
- Kun'yomi
- いただ(く)、いただき
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 88 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (チョウ)
- 頂点ちょうてんtop; summit
- 山頂さんちょうsummit (of a mountain)
- 頂上ちょうじょうtop; summit
- 登頂とうちょうclimbing to the summit; summiting
- 絶頂ぜっちょうtop (of a mountain); summit
- 仏頂面ぶっちょうづらsour look; surly face
- 有頂天うちょうてんecstasy
- 頂戴ちょうだいreceiving; reception
- 頭頂とうちょうtop of the head; vertex
- お涙頂戴おなみだちょうだいtearjerker; sob story
- バブル絶頂期バブルぜっちょうきpeak of a financial bubble (esp. in Japan around 1990)
- 丹頂たんちょうred-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane
- 丹頂鶴たんちょうづるred-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane
- 人気絶頂にんきぜっちょうat the height (peak) of one's popularity
- 仏頂ぶっちょうcrown of a buddha's head
- 仏頂尊ぶっちょうそんButchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism); Butchō
- 側頭頭頂接合部そくとうとうちょうせつごうぶtemporoparietal junction; TPJ
- 円頂えんちょうdome; cupola
- 写真天頂筒しゃしんてんちょうとうphotographic zenith tube
- 冠頂かんちょうcrown
- 地心天頂ちしんてんちょうgeocentric zenith
- 堤頂ていちょうcrest of dam; top of dam
- 天文天頂てんもんてんちょうastronomical zenith
- 天頂てんちょうzenith; vertex
- 天頂儀てんちょうぎzenith telescope
- 天頂点てんちょうてんzenith
- 天頂距離てんちょうきょりthe zenith distance
- 富士山頂ふじさんちょうsummit of Mt. Fuji; peak of Mt. Fuji
- 対頂角たいちょうかくvertical angles; vertically opposite angles
- 山頂を極めるさんちょうをきわめるto reach the summit
- 山頂光さんちょうこうalpenglow; alpine glow
- 帰命頂礼きみょうちょうらいmost formal form of a prayer
- 御涙頂戴おなみだちょうだいtearjerker; sob story
- 愚の骨頂ぐのこっちょうthe height of folly; sheer stupidity
- 有頂天外うちょうてんがいbeside oneself with joy; in raptures
- 有頂点うちょうてんecstasy
- 殻頂かくちょうapex of a shell; umbo
- 準天頂じゅんてんちょうquasi-zenith
- 準天頂衛星じゅんてんちょうえいせいquasi-zenith satellite
- 準天頂衛星システムじゅんてんちょうえいせいシステムquasi-zenith satellite system; QZSS
- 溶岩円頂丘ようがんえんちょうきゅうlava dome
- 環天頂アークかんてんちょうアークcircumzenithal arc; cicumzenith arc
- 真骨頂しんこっちょうone's true worth; one's true self
- 絶頂期ぜっちょうきpeak period; pinnacle
- 舌頂音ぜっちょうおんcoronal; coronal consonant
- 茎頂けいちょうtip of a stem (of a plant)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 頂いただきcrown (of head); summit (of mountain)
- 頂きますいただきますthank you (for the meal just served); I receive (this meal)
- 頂くいただくto receive; to get
- 頂けるいただけるto be able to receive; to be able to take
- お初を頂くおはつをいただくto eat something for the first time in the season
- お聞き頂くおききいただくto ask
- させて頂くさせていただくto have the privilege of doing
- 山の頂やまのいただきmountain top; summit
- 押し頂くおしいただくto accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head
- 有り難く頂くありがたくいただくto accept (a thing) with thanks
Other readings
- 仏頂尊勝ぶちょうそんしょうUsnisavijaya; Victorious Goddess of the Chignon
- 伝法灌頂でんぼうかんじょうconsecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)
- 灌頂かんじょうbaptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood
- 要頂ようこうmain points; list of requirements
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