294 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
203 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
186 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
386 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4469 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
519 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
275 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2504 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
276 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
276 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
166 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1889 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2019 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1073 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1453 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
43490 | Morohashi |
1604 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6639 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1441 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1549 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
234 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
238 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
- 教頭 【キョウトウ】 deputy head teacher, vice principal
- 会頭 【カイトウ】 society president
- 頭 【ズ】 head
- 頭打ち 【アタマウチ】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 馬頭 【メズ】 horse-headed demon (in hell)
- 竜頭 【リュウズ】 crown (of a watch), stem, canon (of a bell), something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
- 鳥兜 【トリカブト】 aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum), wolfsbane, monkshood, traditional bugaku hat
Kun reading compounds
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭打ち 【あたまうち】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 石頭 【いしあたま】 obstinate person, stubbornness, pigheadedness, hard head (like a rock)
- ごま塩頭 【ごましおあたま】 salt and pepper hair, dark hair streaked with gray
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭文字 【かしらもじ】 first letter of a word, capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence), initials (of one's name)
- お頭 【おかしら】 leader, chief, head, boss, (another person's) head
- 鯛の尾より鰯の頭 【たいのおよりいわしのかしら】 better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- 頭 【かぶり】 head
- 頭を振る 【かぶりをふる】 to shake one's head (in denial)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かみ、 がみ、 ちゃん、 つむり、 づ
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- cabeza
- principio
- delantera
Portuguese
- cabeça
- sufixo para contagem de animais grandes
French
- tête
- compteur de gros animaux
3061 | 2001 Kanji |
9a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-9 | SKIP code |
1118.6 | Four corner code |
1-38-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
982d | Unicode hex code |
刈
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1738 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刈除 【ガイジョ】 removal, cut off, mowing
- 刈除 【ガイジョ】 removal, cut off, mowing
Kun reading compounds
- 刈る 【かる】 to cut (grass, hair, etc.), to mow, to clip, to trim, to prune, to shear, to reap, to harvest
- 刈萱 【かるかや】 Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass), Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass), thatching grass, thatching sedge
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かっ、 かり
- Korean:
- ye
Spanish
- segar
- podar
- cosechar
Portuguese
- corte
- acerto
- aparar
French
- moissonner
- faucher
- tondre
- tailler
- couper
1092 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1722 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
666 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1540 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1090 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
50 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1282 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1356 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1612 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
183 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
32 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
16 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
17 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1500 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1859 | Morohashi |
28 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
452 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1488 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1600 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1023 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2943 | 2001 Kanji |
2f2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-2 | SKIP code |
4200.0 | Four corner code |
1-20-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5208 | Unicode hex code |