Moto 頭: Head; Counter For Large AnimalsKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- トウ、ズ、ト
- Kun'yomi
- あたま、かしら、-がしら、かぶり
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 680 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (トウ・ズ・ト)
- 先頭せんとうhead; lead
- 冒頭ぼうとうbeginning; start
- 店頭てんとうshopfront; storefront
- 頭取とうどり(bank) president
- 念頭ねんとう(on one's) mind; heed
- 街頭がいとう(on the) street
- 筆頭ひっとうbrush tip
- 会頭かいとうsociety president
- 台頭たいとうrise (e.g. of a movement); emergence
- 頭痛ずつうheadache
- 頭部とうぶhead; cranium
- 初頭しょとうbeginning (of a century, etc.)
- 口頭こうとうoral; verbal
- 弾頭だんとうwarhead
- 核弾頭かくだんとうnuclear warhead
- 出頭しゅっとうappearance; presence
- 頭脳ずのうhead; brains
- 教頭きょうとうdeputy head teacher; vice principal
- 音頭おんどlead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead
- 口頭弁論こうとうべんろんoral proceedings; oral pleadings
- 年頭ねんとうbeginning of the year
- 陣頭じんとうhead of an army
- 頭上ずじょうoverhead; above one's head
- 没頭ぼっとうimmersing oneself in; being absorbed in
- 頭角とうかくtop of the head
- 頭髪とうはつhair (on the head)
- 乳頭にゅうとう(mammary) nipple; teat
- 人頭税じんとうぜいpoll tax
- 任意出頭にんいしゅっとうvoluntarily appearing for police questioning
- 到頭とうとうfinally; at last
- 前頭葉ぜんとうようfrontal lobe
- 双頭そうとうdouble-headed
- 口頭試問こうとうしもんoral examination; interview
- 埠頭ふとうpier; wharf
- 巻頭かんとうbeginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page
- 心頭しんとうheart; mind
- 毛頭もうとう(not) in the least; (not) at all
- 水頭症すいとうしょうhydrocephalus
- 番頭ばんとう(head) clerk
- 船頭せんどうboatman; ferryman
- 街頭募金がいとうぼきんstreetside fundraising
- 路頭ろとうroadside; wayside
- 頭とうcounter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection
- 頭巾ずきんhood; kerchief
- 頭頂とうちょうtop of the head; vertex
- 頭骨とうこつskull
- 馬頭ばとうHayagriva; Horsehead (tantric Buddhist deity)
- 駅頭えきとうstation
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 頭打ちあたまうちreaching a peak; reaching the limit
- 前頭まえがしらrank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
- 目頭めがしらinner canthus; inner corner of the eye
- 出合い頭であいがしらin passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
- 座頭ざがしらleader of a troupe
- 旗頭はたがしらleader; boss
- 波頭なみがしらwave crest; whitecaps
- 石頭いしあたまobstinate person; stubbornness
- 頭数あたまかずnumber of persons; numerical strength
- 頭金あたまきんdown payment; deposit
Other readings
- 頭文字かしらもじfirst letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)
- おしくら饅頭おしくらまんじゅうchildren's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
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