Kanji
N3 16 strokes Grade 2 freq #433

head, counter for large animals

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

leaf/head oogai

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

beginning; opening
head (of a line, group, etc.); front
shopfront; storefront
(bank) president
(on the) street
(on one's) mind; heed
brush tip
society president
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence
headache

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

reaching a peak; reaching the limit
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)

Example sentences

He finished the opening.

The job-seeking season is starting earlier each year and it's the mass media that are causing that trend by moving up their job interview schedule.

I went ahead on the road.

He's the president of the bank.