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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic  + semantic 

Han character [edit]

(radical 181 +7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一廿一月金 (MTMBC), four-corner 11186, composition)

  1. head
  2. top
  3. chief, first
  4. boss

Synonyms [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1404, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43490
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1921, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4372, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+982D

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , jyutping tau4, Yale tau4)


Japanese [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana あたま, romaji atama)

  1. (anatomy) the forehead or fontanelle part of the skull
  2. head (body part)
    が痛い。
    あたまがいたい。
    Atama ga itai.
    My head hurts.
Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana かしら, romaji kashira)

  1. the head as a whole
  2. boss, leader

Etymology 3 [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana かぶ, romaji kabu)

  1. (anatomy) the head

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Etymology 4 [edit]

Counter [edit]

(hiragana とう, romaji )

  1. heads of large animals (cows, horses)
    これらの農家から合わせて1300余りが出荷され、全国各地に流通していたことが、NHKのまとめで分かりました。[1]
    これらののうかからあわせて1300とうあまりがしゅっかされ、ぜんこくかくちにりゅうつうしていたことが、NHKのまとめでわかりました。
    korera no nōka kara awasete 1300 amari ga shukka sare, zenkoku kakuchi ni ryūtsū shiteita koto ga, NHK no matome de wakarimashita.
    It has ultimately become known to NHK that altogether over 1300 heads of cattle from these farmers have been distributed to every part of the country.
References [edit]
  1. ^ http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20110721/t10014363521000.html

Etymology 5 [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]
Compounds [edit]

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised du, McCune-Reischauer tu, Yale twu)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , pinyin tóu (tou2), Wade-Giles t'ou2)

Compounds [edit]


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*dhou)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(đầu)