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

画数かくすう: 16

部首ぶしゅ: 頁（おおがい）

Meaning

Head / Top / Leader

  • 頭痛ずつう — headache
  • 頭部とうぶ — head (part of body)
  • 念頭ねんとう — something kept firmly in mind
  • 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
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  • 音頭おんど — leading a group, initiating
  • 街頭がいとう — in the street
  • 先頭せんとう — head, lead, front
  • 冒頭ぼうとう — beginning, outset
  • 没頭ぼっとう — being absorbed in, devotion

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).

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