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頭

See also: 头

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TranslingualEdit

Stroke order

Han characterEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

ChineseEdit

trad. 頭
simp. 头

Glyph originEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *doː): phonetic 豆 ‎(OC *doːs) + semantic 頁

EtymologyEdit

Replaced earlier 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus, “head”).

PronunciationEdit

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 頭
Mandarin Beijing /tʰou³⁵/
Harbin /tʰou²⁴/
Tianjin /tʰou⁴⁵/
Jinan /tʰou⁴²/
Qingdao /tʰou⁴²/
Zhengzhou /tʰou⁴²/
Xi'an /tʰou²⁴/
Xining /tʰɯ²⁴/
Yinchuan /tʰəu⁵³/
Lanzhou /tʰou⁵³/
Ürümqi /tʰɤu⁵¹/
Wuhan /tʰəu²¹³/
Chengdu /tʰəu³¹/
Guiyang /tʰəu²¹/
Kunming /tʰəu³¹/
Nanjing /tʰəɯ²⁴/
Hefei /tʰɯ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /tʰəu¹¹/
Pingyao /təu¹³/
/tʰəu¹³/
Hohhot /tʰəu³¹/
Wu Shanghai /dɤ²³/
Suzhou /dɤ¹³/
Hangzhou /dei²¹³/
Wenzhou /dɤu³¹/
Hui Shexian /tʰiu⁴⁴/
Tunxi /tʰiu⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /təu¹³/
Xiangtan /dəɯ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /tʰɛu²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /tʰeu¹¹/
Taoyuan /tʰeu¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tʰɐu²¹/
Nanning /tʰɐu²¹/
Hong Kong /tʰɐu²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tʰɔ³⁵/
/tʰau³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tʰau⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /tʰe³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /tʰau⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hau³¹/
Rime
Character 頭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 度侯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /dəu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /dəu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dəw/
Li
Rong		 /du/
Wang
Li		 /dəu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tóu
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 頭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tóu
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ duw ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[m-t]ˤo/
English 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 頭
Reading # 1/1
No. 2465
Phonetic
component		 豆
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 頭
Old
Chinese		 /*doː/

DefinitionsEdit

頭

  1. head
    我頭不再痛了。 / 我头不再痛了。  ―  Wǒ tóu bùzài tòng le.  ―  My head doesn't hurt any more.
  2. hair
  3. top, tip, end
  4. chief, boss
  5. remnant, end
  6. Classifier for livestock.  ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    我有兩頭豬。 / 我有两头猪。  ―  Wǒ yǒu liǎng tóu zhū.  ―  I have two pigs.
  7. first, leading
  8. Diminutive suffix.

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 頭

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

頭

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

CompoundsEdit

Compounds

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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.
IdiomsEdit
Idioms

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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 formsEdit
  • (head of a doll): 首

Etymology 3Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana かぶり, romaji kaburi)

  1. head
IdiomsEdit
Idioms

Etymology 4Edit

Kanji in this term
頭
かぶ
Grade: 2
Irregular

Cognate with 株 ‎(kabu, “stump”).

PronunciationEdit

  • (Irregular reading)
  • IPA(key): [ka̠bɯᵝ]

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana かぶ, romaji kabu)

  1. (obsolete) head
Derived termsEdit
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 5Edit

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).

PronunciationEdit

  • (Irregular reading)
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɯᵝbɯᵝɾi]

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana つぶり, romaji tsuburi)

  1. head

Etymology 6Edit

Kanji in this term
頭
つむり
Grade: 2
Irregular

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana つむり, romaji tsumuri)

  1. head
  2. hair of head

Etymology 7Edit

Kanji in this term
頭
つむ
Grade: 2
Irregular

Shortened from tsumuri: see above.

PronunciationEdit

  • (Irregular reading)
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɯᵝmɯᵝ]

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana つむ, romaji tsumu)

  1. head
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms

Etymology 8Edit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. head
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 9Edit

Kanji in this term
頭
どたま
Grade: 2
Irregular

Contraction of ど ‎(do, “super-”, often used ironically as a derogatory prefix) +‎ 頭 ‎(atama, “head”).

PronunciationEdit

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) どたま​ [dòtámáꜜ] (Odaka - [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ta̠ma̠]

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana どたま, romaji dotama)

  1. (derogatory) head
Usage notesEdit

Often spelled in hiragana, as どたま.

Etymology 10Edit

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

/du/ → /d͡zu/ → /zu/

From Middle Chinese 頭 ‎(duw, “head”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. head
Usage notesEdit

This reading is more often found in compounds, such as 頭痛 ‎(zutsū, “a headache”).

IdiomsEdit
Idioms

Etymology 11Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

CounterEdit

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.

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana とう, romaji tō)

  1. head
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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Northern Amami-OshimaEdit

KanjiEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana つぃぶる, romaji tsiburu)

EtymologyEdit

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).

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana つぃぶる, romaji tsiburu)

  1. head

Oki-No-ErabuEdit

KanjiEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

EtymologyEdit

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).

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

  1. head
  2. an intelligent person

OkinawanEdit

KanjiEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

EtymologyEdit

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).

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

  1. head
  2. an intelligent person

CompoundsEdit

Compounds

Southern Amami-OshimaEdit

KanjiEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana つぃぶる, romaji tsiburu)

EtymologyEdit

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).

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana つぃぶる, romaji tsiburu)

  1. head

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

頭 (đầu)

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YaeyamaEdit

KanjiEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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).

NounEdit

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

  1. head

YoronEdit

KanjiEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

EtymologyEdit

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).

NounEdit

頭 ‎(hiragana ちぶる, romaji chiburu)

  1. head
  2. an intelligent person
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