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頭 kanji
head, counter for large animals
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
トウズト
Kun readings
あたまかしら-がしらかぶり
Words with 頭
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —先頭集団leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack
- —横側頭回transverse temporal gyri; ridges on the cerebral cortex; Heschl's gyri; Heschl's convolutions
- —上前頭回superior frontal gyrus
- —中前頭回middle frontal gyrus
- —下前頭回inferior frontal gyrus
- —鉤頭動物acanthocephales; thorny-headed worms; spiny-headed worms
- —街頭宣伝carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets
- —先頭部隊advance troops; vanguard; advance contingent; leading unit
- —猿猴鶏頭love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth
- —紅頭紫蘭Philippine ground orchid (Spathoglottis plicata); Philippine orchid; large purple orchid
- —多頭政治polyarchy
- —多頭石斧stone axe with multiple cutting edges (Jōmon period)
- —多頭飼いowning multiple animals (esp. pets of the same kind)
- —多頭飼育large-scale breeding
- —初頭効果primacy effect
- —陥没乳頭inverted nipple; retracted nipple
- —頭蓋内圧intracranial pressure
- —前頭前野prefrontal cortex
- —下咽頭癌hypopharyngeal cancer; cancer of the hypopharynx
- —中咽頭癌oropharyngeal cancer; cancer of the oropharynx