Kanji 頭

音読おんよみ: トウ・ズ・ト

訓読くんよみ: あたま・かしら・こうべ・かぶり

画数かくすう: 16 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 頁(おおがい)

Meaning

Head, top, leader.


  • あたま — head
  • 頭痛ずつう — headache
  • 頭部とうぶ — head (part of body)
  • 年頭ねんとう — beginning of the year
  • 頭金あたまきん — down payment
  • 頭脳ずのう — brain, intellect

This kanji combines the radical 頁 (meaning “head” or “page”) with the phonetic part 豆. It represents the actual head or leader and is used both physically (as in body part) and metaphorically (as in chief or top).

あたまいたいです。
I have a headache.

あたま使つかってください。
Please use your brain.

🎧 Practice the native Japanese pronunciation of 頭.

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