頭

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See also: 头

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 豆 + semantic 頁

Han character[edit]

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

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

Chinese[edit]

-
trad. 頭
simp. 头

Pronunciation[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (頭, reconstructed)
Character (頭), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 定 (7)
Final: 侯
Division: I

Openness: Open
Tone: Level (Ø)

 Fanqie: 度侯切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/dəu/ /dʱə̯u/ /du/ /dəu/ /dəw/ /dəu/ /dəu/
Old Chinese pronunciation (頭, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
頭 tóu ‹ duw › /*[m-t]ˤo/ head

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

  • Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
  • Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
  • Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
  • Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
  • Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
頭 2465 豆 侯 0 頭 /*doː/

Counter[edit]

頭

  1. Measure word for livestock
    我有兩頭豬。 [MSC, trad.]
    我有两头猪。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ yǒu liǎng tóu zhū. [Pinyin]
    I have two pigs.

Noun[edit]

頭 (classifier 個／个)

  1. head
    我頭不再痛了。 [MSC, trad.]
    我头不再痛了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ tóu bùzài tòng le. [Pinyin]
    My head doesn't hurt any more.
  2. hair
  3. top, tip, end
  4. chief, boss
  5. remnant, end

Adjective[edit]

頭

  1. first, leading

Suffix[edit]

頭

  1. suffix for noun
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms

References[edit]

  • "頭" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-12.

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
頭

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Etymology 1[edit]

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Kanji in this term
頭
あたま
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana あたま, romaji atama)

  1. (anatomy) the forehead or fontanelle part of the skull
  2. head (body part)
    頭 (あたま)が痛 (いた)い。
    Atama ga itai.
    My head hurts.
Idioms[edit]
Idioms

Etymology 2[edit]

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Kanji in this term
頭
かしら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana かしら, romaji kashira)

  1. the head as a whole
  2. boss, leader
  3. top part of a Chinese character
  4. head of a doll
Alternative forms[edit]
  • (head of a doll): 首

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
頭
かぶり
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana かぶり, romaji kaburi)

  1. head
Idioms[edit]
Idioms

Etymology 4[edit]

Kanji in this term
頭
かぶ
Grade: 2
Irregular

Cognate with 株 (kabu, “stump”).

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana かぶ, romaji kabu)

  1. (obsolete) head
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
  • 傾 (かぶ)く (kabuku): to tilt one's head; to dress or act in a strange or eccentric way to attract one's attention; to perform kabuki

Etymology 5[edit]

Kanji in this term
頭
つぶり
Grade: 2
Irregular

Probably a compound of 粒 (tsubu, “round thing, such as a grain”) + ろ (ro, suffix indicating a state or condition).

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana つぶり, romaji tsuburi)

  1. head

Etymology 6[edit]

Kanji in this term
頭
つむり
Grade: 2
Irregular

From tsuburi above. Bilabial plosive /b/ becomes bilabial nasal /m/.

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana つむり, romaji tsumuri)

  1. head
  2. hair of head

Etymology 7[edit]

Kanji in this term
頭
つむ
Grade: 2
Irregular

Shortened from tsumuri: see above.

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana つむ, romaji tsumu)

  1. head
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms

Etymology 8[edit]

Kanji in this term
頭
こうべ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

kamipe > kampe > kaube > koːbe. Compound of either 上 (kami, “upper”) or 髪 (kami, “hair”) with the suffix 方 (pe, “location”).

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana こうべ, romaji kōbe, historical hiragana かうべ)

  1. head
Alternative forms[edit]
  • {{ja-l|首]]

Etymology 9[edit]

Kanji in this term
頭
ず
Grade: 2
on'yomi

/du/ → /d͡zu/ → /zu/

From Middle Chinese 頭 (duw, “head”).

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana ず, romaji zu, historical hiragana づ)

  1. head
Idioms[edit]
Idioms

Etymology 10[edit]

Kanji in this term
頭
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Counter[edit]

頭 (hiragana とう, romaji -tō)

  1. heads of large animals (cows, horses)
    合 (あ)わせて１３００ (せんさんびゃく)頭 (とう)余 (あま)りが出荷 (しゅっか)され、全国各地 (ぜんこくかくち)に流通 (りゅうつう)した
    awasete sen sanbyaku tō amari ga shukka sare, zenkoku kakuchi ni ryūtsū shita.
    Altogether over 1300 heads of cattle have been distributed throughout the country.

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

頭 (du) (hangeul 두, McCune-Reischauer tu, Yale twu)

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Northern Amami-Oshima[edit]

Kanji[edit]

頭 (hiragana つぃぶる, romaji tsiburu)


Etymology[edit]

Cognate with mainland Japanese 頭 (tsuburi), dialectal 頭 (tsuburo), itself probably a compound of 粒 (tsubu, “round thing, such as a grain”) + ろ (ro, suffix indicating a state or condition).

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana つぃぶる, romaji tsiburu)

  1. head

Oki-No-Erabu[edit]

Kanji[edit]

頭 (hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with mainland Japanese 頭 (tsuburi), dialectal 頭 (tsuburo), itself probably a compound of 粒 (tsubu, “round thing, such as a grain”) + ろ (ro, suffix indicating a state or condition).

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

  1. head
  2. an intelligent person

Okinawan[edit]

Kanji[edit]

頭 (hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with mainland Japanese 頭 (tsuburi), dialectal 頭 (tsuburo), itself probably a compound of 粒 (tsubu, “round thing, such as a grain”) + ろ (ro, suffix indicating a state or condition).

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

  1. head
  2. an intelligent person

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Southern Amami-Oshima[edit]

Kanji[edit]

頭 (hiragana つぃぶる, romaji tsiburu)

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with mainland Japanese 頭 (tsuburi), dialectal 頭 (tsuburo), itself probably a compound of 粒 (tsubu, “round thing, such as a grain”) + ろ (ro, suffix indicating a state or condition).

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana つぃぶる, romaji tsiburu)

  1. head

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

頭 (đầu)

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Yaeyama[edit]

Kanji[edit]

頭 (hiragana つぶり, romaji tsuburi, hiragana つぃぶる, romaji tsiburu, hiragana つぃぶるぃ, romaji tsiburi)

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with mainland Japanese 頭 (tsuburi), dialectal 頭 (tsuburo), itself probably a compound of 粒 (tsubu, “round thing, such as a grain”) + ろ (ro, suffix indicating a state or condition).

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana つぶり, romaji tsuburi, hiragana つぃぶる, romaji tsiburu, hiragana つぃぶるぃ, romaji tsiburi)

  1. head

Yoron[edit]

Kanji[edit]

頭 (hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with mainland Japanese 頭 (tsuburi), dialectal 頭 (tsuburo), itself probably a compound of 粒 (tsubu, “round thing, such as a grain”) + ろ (ro, suffix indicating a state or condition).

Noun[edit]

頭 (hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

  1. head
  2. an intelligent person
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