Memory phrase for the Kanji: 頭

頭

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Meaning head, top, a leader or boss

Pronunciation

TŌ, ZU
atama, kashira

Explanation

Left: bean 豆, right: head/forehead 頁

Mnemonic
 
The bean-shaped head is really: a head!

Radicals

豆 beanThe radical mame is interpreted as showing a bean 一 that is in a pot 口 (with a stand).
頁 (fore-)head, pageThe radical oogai stands for (fore-)head and is at the right side of the kanji. Also this character 首 is used for: head.
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 Vocabulary

頭 あたま  head
駅頭 えきとう  place in front of station
頭痛 ずつう  headache
先頭 せんとう  head, lead, vanguard, first
冒頭 ぼうとう  beginning, start, outset
口頭 こうとう  oral
街頭 がいとう  in the street
頭 かしら  head
頭脳 ずのう  head, brains, intellect

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