| 920 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1872 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 412 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 309 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 3577 | Morohashi |
| 788 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2159 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 628 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 咽喉 【インコウ】 throat, vital passage, key position
- 咽喉頭異常感症 【インコウトウイジョウカンショウ】 globus pharyngis, lump in one's throat, pharyngolaryngeal paresthesia
- 嚥下 【エンゲ】 swallowing, deglutition
- 哀咽 【アイエツ】 being choked with tears
- 嗚咽 【オエツ】 sobbing, weeping, fit of crying
Kun reading compounds
- 咽ぶ 【むせぶ】 to be choked, to be stifled, to be smothered
- 噎せる 【むせる】 to choke, to be choked by, to be stifled by
- 喉 【のど】 throat, singing voice, gutter (inner margins of a book)
- 喉から手が出る 【のどからてがでる】 (wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it, a hand reaches out from one's throat
Readings
- Korean:
- in, yeol
Spanish
- garganta
- sofoco
- atragantamiento
- asfixia
Portuguese
French
| 3d6.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 6600.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 54bd | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |
cancer, cancerous evil
- On:
- ガン
2233 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 癌 【ガン】 cancer
- 癌遺伝子 【ガンイデンシ】 oncogene
- 子宮頸がん 【シキュウケイガン】 cervical cancer
- 膵癌 【スイガン】 pancreatic cancer
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- cáncer
Portuguese
French
| 3076 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 4076 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 22538 | Morohashi |
| 3840 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2576 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2626 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 5i12.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-5-12 | SKIP code |
| 0017.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 764c | Unicode hex code |