Jisho

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頭

16 strokes
Radical:
leaf 頁
Parts:
ハ 并 口 目 豆 貝 頁
head, counter for large animals
Kun:
あたま、 かしら、 -がしら、 かぶり
On:
トウ、 ズ、 ト
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tou2, tou5
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

陀

8 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
匕 宀 阡
Variants:
坨 陁
steep
Kun:
けわ.しい、 ななめ
On:
タ、 ダ、 イ、 チ、 ジ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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  • 珍陀 【チンタ】 red wine
  • 陀羅尼助 【ダラニスケ】 traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)
  • 陀羅尼 【ダラニ】 dharani, spell, litany, Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
  • 阿弥陀 【アミダ】 Amitabha (Buddha), Amida, ghostleg lottery, ladder lottery, lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner, wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
  • 半田 【ハンダ】 solder, pewter

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tuo2
Korean:
ta

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4982 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
568 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
409 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
306 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
41600 Morohashi
6432 New Nelson (John Haig)
2955 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2952 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2d5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
7321.1 Four corner code
1-34-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9640 Unicode hex code

袋

11 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
亠 化 弋 衣
Variants:
帒
sack, bag, pouch
Kun:
ふくろ
On:
タイ、 ダイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1125 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 袋 【タイ】 counter for things inside a bag
  • 袋果 【タイカ】 follicle
  • 頸袋 【ケイタイ】 dewlap
  • 製袋 【セイタイ】 bag manufacturing

Kun reading compounds

  • 袋 【ふくろ】 bag, sack, pouch, skin of an orange (and other like fruits), dead end, plot of land surrounded by water
  • 袋小路 【ふくろこうじ】 blind alley, cul-de-sac, dead end street, deadlock, impasse, dead end
  • 空気袋 【くうきぶくろ】 air sac, bladder, air bag, windbag

Readings

Japanese names:
てい、 ない、 ぶく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dai4
Korean:
dae

Spanish

  • saco
  • bolsa

Portuguese

  • sacola
  • bolsa
  • saco

French

  • sac
  • sacoche
  • mère
1546 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
703 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4223 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
926 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
880 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1750 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1329 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1412 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
685 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1623 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3201 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1655 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2245 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1015 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34171 Morohashi
2588 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5443 New Nelson (John Haig)
1006 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1081 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1484 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2165 2001 Kanji
5e5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
2373.2 Four corner code
1-34-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
888b Unicode hex code