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head

HSK 10 N3
Human →Body →Head
tóu, tou
トウ、ズ、ト
あたま、かしら、-がしら、かぶり
두
Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound.
Components
頁 page+ 豆 beans =
頭 head
頁 Iconic component
page
Depicts a head on top of a person.
豆 Phonetic component
dòu beans
variant of 豆[dòu]
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Notes
Similar Characters
头 top (simp)夏 summer寡 widowed履 footwear瀕 riverside (trad)煩 vexed (trad/jp)頃 100 Chinese acres (trad/jp)須 have to (trad/jp)頪 bright white頻 repeatedly (trad/jp)碩 big (trad)頂 crest (trad/jp)項 item (trad/jp)順 obey (trad/jp)頌 extol (trad)頏 fly down or downward (trad)預 beforehand (trad/jp)頑 stubborn (trad/jp)頒 promulgate (trad/jp)頓 pause (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
頭
Regular
Modern
Chinese
头 / 頭 [tóu]
head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[gè]
头 / 頭 [tou]
suffix for nouns
Japanese
頭 あたま 、 かしら 同音

noun

  1. head
  2. hair (on one's head)
  3. mind; brains; intellect
  4. leader; chief; boss; captain
  5. top; tip
  6. beginning; start
  7. head; person
  8. abbrev. down payment; deposit
  9. top structural component of a kanji
  10. mahjong colloquial pair
頭 がしら 同音

suffix

  1. top of ...; head of ... (after a noun)
  2. the moment that ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)
頭 かぶし 同音
noun archaicusually kana shape of one's head
頭 、 首 こうべ 同音
noun usually kana head
頭 ず 同音
noun head
頭 かぶり 同音
noun usually kanadated head
頭 つむり 同音
noun head
頭 つむ 同音
noun abbrev. head
頭 とう 同音
counter counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
ド頭 、 ど頭 、 頭 どたま 、 ドタマ 同音
noun usually kanaderogatory head; dome; bean; nob; noggin
Example Sentences
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アリスは頭に花をさしています。
Alice has a flower in her hair.
私、ケンと付き合ってるの。彼って、カッコ良くて優しくて、頭もいいの。おまけに、独身よ！
I'm going with Ken. He is cool, gentle and smart. What's more, he is single!
トムは先週の頭に車を盗まれた。
Tom had his car stolen early last week.
使用人がしらは声を上げて「スミスご夫妻がおいでになりました」と告げた。
The butler announced Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Japanese Names
頭 あきら
Akira given name
頭 つむり
Tsumuri unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
头发 [tóu​fa] #790
hair (on the head)
回头 [huí​tóu] #1,698
to turn round
镜头 [jìng​tóu] #2,193
camera lens
石头 [shí​tou] #1,856
stone
头儿 [tóu​r] #1,401
leader
头脑 [tóu​nǎo] #2,530
brains
街头 [jiē​tóu] #3,755
street
码头 [mǎ​tóu] #3,101
dock
骨头 [gǔ​tou] #2,331
bone
点头 [diǎn​tóu] #8,754
to nod
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
頭を下げる [あたまをさげる] #1,497
to bow
頭から [あたまから] #2,723
from the beginning
⭐ 頷く [うなずく] #3,010
to nod
⭐ 頭上 [ずじょう] #3,261
overhead
頭をかかえる [あたまをかかえる] #4,111
to be at wits' end
⭐ 先頭 [せんとう] #4,261
head (of a line, group, etc.)
⭐ 頭部 [とうぶ] #4,643
head
頭を振る [かぶりをふる] #5,429
to shake one's head (in denial)
⭐ 頭痛 [ずつう] #5,512
headache
後頭部 [こうとうぶ] #5,631
back of head
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KOREAN WORDS (32)
두개골 #5,655
skull
선두 #24,886
head; leader; forefront
두통 #26,344
headache
만두 #28,757
mandu
두뇌 #34,705
brain
두목 #39,607
chief of bandits; gang leader
부두 #43,787
dock; quay; wharf
후두 #44,615
voice box; larnyx
가두
street; road
교두보
bridgehead
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