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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
- —上咽頭癌epipharyngeal cancer; epiglottal carcinoma
- —大後頭孔foramen magnum
- —怒り心頭rage; anger
- —開頭手術craniotomy
- —根頭癌腫crown gall
- —口頭伝承(passing down of) oral tradition; oral transmission
- —頭蓋変形skull deformation; cranial deformation
- —頭部白癬ringworm (of the scalp); tinea capitis
- —腕頭動脈brachiocephalic trunk
- —後頭動脈occipital artery
- —裂頭条虫Diphyllobothrium (genus of tapeworms)
- —咽頭逆流pharyngal reflux; laryngopharyngeal reflux
- —頭半棘筋semispinalis capitis muscle
- —頭角を現すto distinguish oneself; to stand out
- —念頭に置くto give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
- —咽頭結膜熱pharyngoconjunctival fever
- —店頭株市場over-the-counter market
- —路頭に迷うto be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
- —上腕二頭筋biceps brachii muscle
- —大腿四頭筋quadriceps muscle