頭

See also: 头

頭	U+982D, 頭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-982D

← 頬
[U+982C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

頮 →
[U+982E]

Translingual

Stroke order

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1404, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43490
Dae Jaweon: page 1921, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4372, character 5
Unihan data for U+982D

Chinese

trad.		頭
simp.		头
alternative forms		䫁𥘖

Wikipedia has articles on:

頭 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
頭 (Cantonese)
thèu (Hakka)
tàu (Eastern Min)
thâu (Southern Min)
头 (Wu)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (豆) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
侸	*toː
剅	toː, roː
郖	toː, doːs
鬪	*toːs
鋀	*tʰoː
頭	*doː
豆	*doːs
逗	doːs, dos
痘	*doːs
梪	*doːs
脰	*doːs
荳	*doːs
浢	*doːs
餖	*doːs
毭	*doːs
豎	*djoʔ
裋	*djoʔ
短	*toːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doː) : phonetic 豆 (OC *doːs) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Etymology

Replaced earlier 首 (MC syuwX, “head”) due to homophony with 手 (ɕɨuX, “hand”) (Sagart, 1999).

Several etymologies have been proposed:

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-bu-s (“head”) or its allofam *du (“head”); compare Tibetan དབུ (dbu, “head”), Burmese ဦး (u:, “head”), Nuosu ꀑ (o, “head”), Proto-Loloish *ʔ-du² (“head”) (Benedict, 1972; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT; Starostin).
Contraction of 髑髏 (OC *doːɡ roː, “skull”) (Wu, 2006).
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *duul() (“to carry on one's head”), whence Khmer ទូល (tul); this is phonologically plausible since final consonants are often lost after a long vowel in loanwords (Schuessler, 2007).
A variant of 豆 (OC *doːs, “a kind of vessel”), as skulls could have been used as drinking recipients; compare French tête (“head”) from Latin testa (“pot; jug”) and German Kopf (“head”) from Middle High German kopf (“drinking vessel”) (Maréchal, 1994; Sagart, 1999). However, Schuessler (2007) notes that 豆 (*doːs) seems like a tone C (去聲) derivation from 頭 (*doː), which may have originally meant “skull”.
Baxter and Sagart (2014) reconstructs the Old Chinese with a *m- prefix for human body parts, deriving it from 兜 (*toː, “helmet; hood”).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tóu (tou²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tou²

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): tóu

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): tóu

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ту (tu, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tau⁴ / tau^4-2

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): taau⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu³ / heu^3*

(Yangjiang, Jyutping++): tau⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): teu²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thèu

(Hailu, HRS): teu

(Meixian, Guangdong): têu²
Jin (Wiktionary): tou¹
Northern Min (KCR): tê
Eastern Min (BUC): tàu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thâu / thô͘ / thiô

(Teochew, Peng'im): tao⁵

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): tao⁵
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): tau⁴
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶deu / ²deu
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): dou²

(Loudi, Wiktionary): ddieu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²
  - Yale: tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tour
  - Palladius: тоу (tou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: tou²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰəu²¹/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: tóu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤu²⁴/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: tóu
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰəɯ²⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ту (tu, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ / tau^4-2
  - Yale: tàuh / táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ / tau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ / teo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹/, /tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Note:

tau4-2 - “leader; plug; classifier for pieces of seafood”.

(Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: taau⁴
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²¹/
(Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: heu³ / heu^3*
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /heu²²/, /heu²²⁻²²⁵/

Note: heu3* - “leader”.

- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
  - Jyutping++: tau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu⁴²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: teu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛu²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: teu
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰeu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: têu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰeu¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: tou¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰəu¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰe³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tàu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Penang, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu
  - Tâi-lô: thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Tainan, Lukang, Yilan, Kinmen, Philippines, Singapore): /tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Penang): /tʰau²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘
  - Tâi-lô: thôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: too
  - IPA (Xiamen, Yilan, Kinmen): /tʰɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiô
  - Tâi-lô: thiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Lukang): /tʰio²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɤ²³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /tʰiɤ²⁴/

Note:

thâu - vernacular;
thô͘/thiô - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: tao⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁵⁵/
(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: tao⁵
- Sinological IPA: /tʰau²²/

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: tau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰəu²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶deu
  - MiniDict: deu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɤ²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²deu
  - MiniDict: deu^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /døy²²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /təu̯¹³/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: ddieu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /di̯ɤ¹³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 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/
Hui	Tunxi	/tʰiu⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/təu¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/dəɯ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/tʰɛu²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/tʰeu¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/tʰeu¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/tʰɐu²¹/
	Nanning	/tʰɐu²¹/
	Hong Kong	/tʰɐu²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/tʰɔ³⁵/ /tʰau³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/tʰau⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/tʰe³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tʰau⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hau³¹/

Middle Chinese: duw

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
Baxter	duw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəu/
Pan Wuyun	/dəu/
Shao Rongfen	/dəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəw/
Li Rong	/du/
Wang Li	/dəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tau⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m-t]ˤo/

(Zhengzhang): /*doː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	頭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tóu
Middle Chinese	‹ duw ›
Old Chinese	/*[m-t]ˁo/
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/

Definitions

頭

(anatomy) head (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
我頭不再痛了。／我头不再痛了。 ― Wǒ tóu bùzài tòng le. ― My head doesn't hurt any more.
- 居喪之禮，頭有創則沐，身有瘍則浴。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  居丧之礼，头有创则沐，身有疡则浴。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE
  Jūsāng zhī lǐ, tóu yǒu chuāng zé mù, shēn yǒu yáng zé yù. [Pinyin]
  According to the same rules, if he have a scab on his head, he should wash it; if he have a sore on his body, he should bathe it.
- 我又要叫你和女人彼此為仇；你的後裔和女人的後裔也彼此為仇。女人的後裔要傷你的頭；你要傷他的腳跟。 [MSC, trad.]
  我又要叫你和女人彼此为仇；你的后裔和女人的后裔也彼此为仇。女人的后裔要伤你的头；你要伤他的脚跟。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 3:15
  Wǒ yòu yào jiào nǐ hé nǚrén bǐcǐ wéi chóu; nǐ de hòuyì hé nǚrén de hòuyì yě bǐcǐ wéi chóu. Nǚrén de hòuyì yào shāng nǐ de tóu; nǐ yào shāng tā de jiǎogēn. [Pinyin]
  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
hair; hairstyle
洗頭／洗头 ― xǐtóu ― to wash one's hair

把頭剃光／把头剃光 ― bǎ tóu tì guāng ― to shave one's head
beginning or end
從頭開始／从头开始 ― cóng tóu kāishǐ ― to start from the beginning
top; tip; end
山頭／山头 ― shāntóu ― top of a mountain

火柴頭／火柴头 ― huǒchái tóu ― tip of a match
chief; boss; leader (person that leads or directs)
工頭／工头 ― gōngtóu ― foreman

你們的頭兒是誰？ [MSC, trad.]
你们的头儿是谁？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐmen de tóur shì shéi? [Pinyin]
Who is your leader?
remnant; end
布頭兒／布头儿 ― bùtóur ― oddment

煙頭／烟头 ― yāntóu ― cigarette bud
first; leading
頭獎／头奖 ― tóujiǎng ― first prize; biggest prize

頭班車／头班车 ― tóu bān chē ― first departure
(used before a classifier or a numeral) first
頭一遍／头一遍 ― tóu yī biàn ― the first time

頭三天／头三天 ― tóu sān tiān ― the first three days

頭幾個／头几个 ― tóu jǐge ― the first few
(Hakka, Southern Min, dated in Mainland China) station
車頭／车头 [Hokkien] ― chhia-thâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― train station
side; aspect
(Cantonese) area; location
嗰頭／嗰头 [Cantonese] ― go² tau⁴ [Jyutping] ― that area

你喺邊頭返工㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你喺边头返工㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ hai² bin¹ tau⁴ faan¹ gung¹ gaa³? [Jyutping]
Where do you work?
(Teochew) at the same time; simultaneously
头尋头呌门外来 [Teochew, trad.]
头寻头呌门外来 [Teochew, simp.]
From: late Qing/early Republic, anonymous, 古板一世報全歌, book 3 page 6
tao⁵ cim⁵ tao⁵ giê³ mung⁵ ghua⁷ lai⁵ [Peng'im]
While searching and shouting [he] went outdoors.
(Cantonese) plug; connector; short for 插頭／插头.
type C頭／type C头 [Cantonese] ― type C tau^4-2 [Jyutping] ― USB Type-C connector
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.
(dialectal) Classifier for other animals.
(Northern Min) Classifier for flowers.
(Cantonese) Classifier for number of pieces of dried seafood (e.g. abalones) in one catty.
(Cantonese) Classifier for number of abalones in one can.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頭 (“head”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		首, 元, 頭, 元首
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頭, 頭部, 頭顱, 頭腦
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子, 腦殼兒, 腦殼, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子, 老屋子
	Taiwan	頭, 腦袋
	Chengde	頭, 腦袋瓜兒
	Ulanhot	腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
	Tongliao	腦袋
	Chifeng	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
	Heihe	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子
	Qiqihar	頭, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒
	Harbin	頭, 腦殼兒, 腦殼子, 腦子, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子
	Jiamusi	頭, 腦瓜兒, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
	Baicheng	頭, 腦瓜兒, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
	Changchun	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
	Tonghua	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
	Shenyang	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
	Jinzhou	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
	Singapore	頭
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	腦袋
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	頭, 腦袋, 腦瓜子, 腦瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子, 腦袋瓜兒
	Tangshan	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒
	Cangzhou	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦殼兒
	Baoding	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
	Shijiazhuang	頭, 腦袋
	Lijin	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
	Jinan	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子, 腦瓜子, 腦瓜兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	頭
	Dandong	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
	Yantai	頭
	Yantai (Muping)	頭, 腦袋瓜子 derogatory
	Qingdao	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
	Zhucheng	頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	頭, 低腦
	Lingbao	頭
	Jining	頭
	Wanrong	得腦
	Linfen	得腦
	Shangqiu	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒
	Yuanyang	頭, 腦袋, 腦瓜兒
	Zhengzhou	頭, 腦袋
	Kaifeng	腦袋
	Xinyang	頭
	Baihe	頭, 腦袋, 腦瓜兒
	Xi'an	𦠿, 頭, 腦袋, 脊囊
	Baoji	頭, 多腦
	Tianshui	頭, 多腦
	Xining	頭, 腦袋, 朵落
	Xuzhou	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子, 棗木 dated, humorous
	Fuyang	頭, 腦袋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	頭
	Bayanhot	頭, 腦袋
	Lanzhou	頭, 頭蛋骨, 得勒 derogatory
	Dunhuang	頭, 腦瓜子, 腦勺, 腦勺殼子
	Hami	頭, 腦袋
	Ürümqi	頭, 腦瓜子
	Ürümqi (Xigou)	頭
	Ürümqi (Changshanzi)	頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	腦殼
	Nanchong	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
	Dazhou	腦殼
	Hanyuan	腦殼
	Xichang	腦殼, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
	Zigong	頭, 腦殼
	Chongqing	腦殼, 沙罐兒
	Wuhan	頭, 腦殼, 腦瓜子
	Yichang	腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
	Xiangyang	頭, 腦袋, 腦殼
	Tianmen	頭, 腦袋, 腦殼
	Guiyang	腦殼
	Zunyi	腦袋, 腦殼兒
	Bijie	腦殼
	Liping	腦袋, 腦殼
	Zhaotong	腦殼
	Dali	腦殼
	Kunming	頭, 腦殼, 腦袋
	Mengzi	頭, 腦殼
	Guilin	頭, 腦殼
	Liuzhou	頭, 頭殼, 腦殼
	Tianlin (Langping)	腦殼
	Jishou	頭, 腦殼
	Changde	腦殼
	Hanzhong	頭, 腦袋, 腦殼
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	頭, 腦袋
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	頭, 腦袋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	頭, 頭兒
	Yangzhou	頭
	Lianyungang	頭
	Lianshui	頭, 腦袋瓜子
	Xinghua	頭
	Nantong	頭
	Anqing	頭, 腦袋瓜
	Wuhu	頭
	Hefei	頭
	Hong'an	頭, 腦殼, 腦袋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頭, 頭殼
	Hong Kong	頭, 頭殼
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	頭殼
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	頭殼
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	頭
	Macau	頭
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	頭, 頭殼
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	頭
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	頭, 頭殼
	Foshan	頭, 頭殼
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	頭
	Foshan (Shunde)	頭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	頭殼
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	頭
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	頭
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頭, 頭殼
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	頭
	Taishan	頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頭
	Enping (Niujiang)	頭
	Heshan (Yayao)	頭
	Dongguan	腦殼, 頭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頭殼
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	頭
	Qingyuan	頭
	Fogang	頭
	Yingde (Hanguang)	頭殼
	Yangshan	頭
	Lianshan (Butian)	頭
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	頭
	Shaoguan	頭, 頭殼
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頭
	Renhua	頭乸殼
	Lechang	頭
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	頭
	Sihui	頭
	Guangning	頭
	Deqing	頭
	Huaiji	頭, 羅殼
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	頭
	Yunfu	頭, 頭殼
	Xinxing	頭, 頭殼
	Luoding	頭
	Yunan (Pingtai)	頭
	Yangjiang	頭殼
	Xinyi	頭, 頭殼
	Maoming (Xinpo)	頭, 頭殼
	Lianjiang	頭, 頭殼
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	頭
	Nanning	頭, 頭殼
	Wuzhou	頭
	Yulin	頭, 頭殼
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	頭殼
	Hepu (Shatian)	頭骨
	Guiping	頭
	Mengshan (Xihe)	頭
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	頭
	Baise	頭
	Bobai	頭
Lingshan	頭
Pubei	頭
Qinzhou	頭
Beihai	頭
Beihai (Nankang)	頭殼
Beihai (Yingpan)	頭殼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	頭
Ningming	頭
Hengzhou	頭
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	頭
Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	頭
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	頭
Singapore (Guangfu)	頭
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	頭
Móng Cái	頭
Gan	Nanchang	頭, 腦蓋
	Lichuan	頭, 腦
	Pingxiang	腦殼
Hakka	Meixian	頭那
	Xingning	頭那
	Dabu (Xihe)	頭那
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	頭, 頭那, 頭殼
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	頭那, 頭
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	頭那, 頭
	Huiyang	頭那
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	頭那, 頭
	Huidong (Daling)	頭那
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	頭那
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	頭那
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	頭那, 頭
	Boluo (Bendihua)	頭, 那殼
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	頭那
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	頭
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	頭那
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	頭那, 頭
	Wuhua (Changbu)	頭那
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	頭那
	Wuhua (Meilin)	頭那
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	頭, 頭那
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	頭那
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	頭, 頭那
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	頭那
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	頭那
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	頭那
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	頭, 頭那
	Wengyuan	頭那
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頭那
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	頭, 頭那
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	頭那, 頭
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	頭那
	Liannan	頭
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	頭
	Jiexi	頭那
	Luhe	頭那
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	頭那
	Changting	頭那
	Wuping	頭那
	Wuping (Yanqian)	頭那
	Wuping (Pingyu)	頭那
	Liancheng	頭那
	Ninghua	腦殼
	Yudu	頭, 腦蓋, 腦殼
	Ningdu	腦蓋
	Ruijin	腦蓋, 頭那殼
	Shicheng	腦蓋, 腦殼
	Shangyou (Shexi)	腦蓋
	Tonggu (Sandu)	頭那
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	腦蓋
	Dayu	腦骨窠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭那
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頭那
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頭那
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頭那
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頭那
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭那
	Hong Kong	頭那
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	頭
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	頭殼
	Xinyi (Sihe)	頭
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	頭
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	頭, 頭殼
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	頭殼
Huazhou (Xin'an)	頭殼
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	頭殼
Lianjiang (Qingping)	頭殼
Mengshan (Xihe)	頭腦
Luchuan	頭殼
Luchuan (Daqiao)	頭
Bobai (Shahe)	頭, 頭殼
Beiliu (Tang'an)	頭那
Mashan (Pianlian)	頭那
Sabah (Longchuan)	頭那
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	頭那
Senai (Huiyang)	頭那
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	頭
Singkawang	頭那
Singapore (Meixian)	頭那
Singapore (Dabu)	頭那
Huizhou	Jixi	頭, 腦殼
Huizhou	Shexian	頭, 頭腦殼
Jin	Taiyuan	得腦, 頭, 腦袋, 乾骷髏 derogatory, 骷髏 derogatory
	Pingyao	得腦
	Yangyuan	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒
	Datong	頭, 腦袋
	Xinzhou	得腦, 頭, 腦袋
	Lüliang (Lishi)	腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦
	Changzhi	頭, 腦袋, 得腦
	Taibus (Baochang)	頭
	Linhe	頭, 腦袋, 得腦
	Jining	頭, 腦袋
	Hohhot	頭, 腦袋, 得腦
	Baotou	腦袋
	Dongsheng	頭
	Haibowan	腦袋
	Erenhot	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
	Pingshan	頭, 腦袋瓜兒
	Zhangjiakou	頭, 腦袋
	Handan	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
	Linzhou	頭, 得腦哦
	Suide	頭, 腦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	頭
	Songxi	頭
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	頭
	Jianyang	頭
	Wuyishan	腦殼
	Pucheng (Shibei)	頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭, 頭腦, 頭首
	Lianjiang	頭
	Fuqing	頭
	Gutian	頭
	Pingnan	頭
	Fu'an	頭
	Ningde	頭子
	Xiapu	頭
	Shouning	頭
	Zhouning	頭
	Fuding	頭
	Matsu	頭, 頭首
Southern Min	Xiamen	頭, 頭殼
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	頭殼
	Quanzhou	頭, 頭殼
	Jinjiang	頭殼
	Hui'an	頭殼
	Anxi	頭殼
	Yongchun	頭殼
	Dehua	頭殼
	Zhangzhou	頭, 頭殼
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	頭殼
	Hua'an	頭殼
	Pinghe	頭殼
	Zhangpu	頭殼
	Yunxiao	頭碗
	Zhao'an	頭殼
	Dongshan	頭
	Taipei	頭, 頭殼
	Taipei (Wanhua)	頭殼
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	頭, 頭殼
	Kaohsiung	頭, 頭殼
	Yilan	頭, 頭殼
	Changhua (Lukang)	頭, 頭殼
	Taichung	頭殼
	Taichung (Wuqi)	頭殼
	Tainan	頭, 頭殼
	Taitung	頭殼
	Hsinchu	頭殼
	Kinmen	頭殼
	Penghu (Magong)	頭殼
	Penang (Hokkien)	頭, 頭殼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	頭, 頭殼
	Manila (Hokkien)	頭, 頭殼
	Longyan	頭殼
	Datian	頭殼
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	頭
	Chaozhou	頭殼
	Shantou	頭殼, 頭, 腦殼
	Shantou (Chenghai)	頭殼
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	頭, 頭殼
	Jieyang	頭, 頭殼
	Lufeng	頭殼
	Haifeng	頭, 頭殼, 頭殼顱
	Bangkok (Teochew)	頭
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	頭
	Singapore (Teochew)	頭
	Batam (Teochew)	頭
	Leizhou	頭, 頭顱, 殼升
	Wenchang	頭
	Haikou	頭顱, 頭殼
	Qionghai	頭, 頭顱
Puxian Min	Putian	頭, 頭末
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	頭
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	頭末
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	頭
	Xianyou	頭
	Xianyou (Fengting)	頭
	Xianyou (Youyang)	頭, 頭囝
	Fuding (Aoyao)	頭殼
Central Min	Yong'an	頭殼, 頭
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	頭殼
	Sanming (Shaxian)	頭殼
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頭殼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	頭, 頭殼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Xinxu)	頭
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	頭
Wu	Shanghai	頭, 腦袋, 頭骷顱, 骷顱頭 often derogatory, 骷郎頭 often derogatory
	Shanghai (Chongming)	頭爿
	Suzhou	頭, 骷郎頭, 六斤四兩
	Danyang	頭, 腦袋瓜, 頭骷郎
	Hangzhou	頭, 腦頭瓜
	Ningbo	骷顱頭, 骷郎頭, 頭, 骷顱頭甏 derogatory, 骷顱頭瓶 derogatory, 六斤四兩 humorous
	Wenzhou	頭, 六斤四 secret
	Jinhua	頭, 葫粒頭 humorous
Xiang	Changsha	腦殼
	Xiangxiang	腦殼
	Loudi	腦殼
	Shuangfeng	腦殼
	Hengyang	腦殼
	Quanzhou	腦殼
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	腦牯

Dialectal synonyms of 頭 (“(classifier for cows)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	頭, 條
	Taiwan	頭, 隻
	Chifeng	頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	頭
	Harbin	頭
	Shenyang	頭, 條
	Singapore	頭
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	頭
	Tangshan	頭
	Cangzhou	頭
	Baoding	頭
	Shijiazhuang	頭
	Jinan	個, 頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	頭
	Zhengzhou	頭
	Xi'an	頭
	Xining	頭
	Xuzhou	頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	頭
	Lanzhou	頭
	Ürümqi	頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	頭, 根, 條
	Chongqing	頭
	Wuhan	頭, 條
	Guiyang	頭
	Kunming	頭
	Guilin	頭
	Liuzhou	頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	頭, 條
	Yangzhou	頭, 條
	Nantong	頭
	Hefei	頭, 條
Cantonese	Guangzhou	隻, 頭
	Hong Kong	隻
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	隻
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	隻
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	條
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	條
	Macau	隻
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	隻
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	隻
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	隻
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	個, 頭, 隻, 條
	Foshan	隻
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	隻
	Foshan (Shunde)	隻
	Foshan (Sanshui)	隻
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	隻
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	隻
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	隻
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	隻
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	隻, 個
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	個
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	個
	Taishan	個, 條
	Kaiping (Chikan)	個
	Enping (Niujiang)	個
	Heshan (Yayao)	個
	Dongguan	隻
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	隻
	Yangjiang	個
	Nanning	隻
	Danzhou	頭
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	隻
Gan	Nanchang	隻, 條
	Lichuan	條
	Pingxiang	隻
Hakka	Meixian	條
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	條
	Huiyang	條
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	條
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	隻
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	條
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	條
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	條
	Wuhua (Changbu)	條
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	條
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	條
	Wengyuan	條
	Liannan	條
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	條
	Jiexi	條
	Luhe	條
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	隻
	Changting	隻
	Wuping (Yanqian)	隻
	Ninghua	頭
	Ningdu	隻
	Tonggu (Sandu)	隻
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	隻
	Dayu	隻
	Hong Kong	條
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	隻
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	隻
	Xinyi (Sihe)	隻
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	隻
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	隻
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	頭
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	隻
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	隻
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	隻
	Mengshan (Xihe)	條
	Luchuan	隻
	Sabah (Longchuan)	條
	Senai (Huiyang)	條
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	頭
	Singkawang	條
Huizhou	Jixi	條, 隻
Huizhou	Shexian	隻
Jin	Taiyuan	頭
	Xinzhou	條, 個
	Linhe	頭
	Jining	頭
	Hohhot	頭
	Zhangjiakou	頭
	Handan	頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	頭
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	隻
	Pucheng (Shibei)	條
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭
Eastern Min	Fuqing	頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	隻
	Quanzhou	隻
	Jinjiang	隻
	Yongchun	隻
	Zhangzhou	隻
	Zhao'an	隻
	Taipei	隻
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	隻
	Kaohsiung	隻
	Yilan	隻
	Changhua (Lukang)	隻
	Taichung	隻
	Taichung (Wuqi)	隻
	Tainan	隻
	Taitung	隻
	Hsinchu	隻
	Kinmen	隻
	Penghu (Magong)	隻
	Penang (Hokkien)	隻
	Singapore (Hokkien)	隻
	Manila (Hokkien)	隻
	Datian	頭
	Chaozhou	隻
	Shantou	隻
	Shantou (Chenghai)	隻
	Haifeng	隻
	Bangkok (Teochew)	隻
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	隻
	Wenchang	隻
	Haikou	隻
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	個
Wu	Shanghai	隻
	Shanghai (Chongming)	隻
	Suzhou	隻
	Hangzhou	隻
	Wenzhou	頭
	Jinhua	條, 隻
Xiang	Changsha	條, 隻
Xiang	Shuangfeng	隻

Dialectal synonyms of 口 (“(classifier for pigs)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口, 頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	口
	Ulanhot	頭
	Tongliao	頭
	Chifeng	頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	頭
	Singapore	頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	口
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	口, 頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	口, 頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	條, 根
	Wuhan	口
	Guiyang	頭
	Guilin	頭
	Liuzhou	頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	口
Cantonese	Guangzhou	隻, 條
	Hong Kong	隻
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	隻
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	隻
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	隻
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	條
	Macau	隻
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	隻
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	隻
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	隻
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	個
	Foshan	隻
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	隻
	Foshan (Shunde)	隻
	Foshan (Sanshui)	隻
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	隻
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	隻
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	隻
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	隻
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	隻, 個
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	隻
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	個
	Taishan	個, 隻
	Kaiping (Chikan)	個
	Enping (Niujiang)	個
	Heshan (Yayao)	隻
	Dongguan	隻
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	隻
	Nanning	隻
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	隻
Hakka	Meixian	條
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	條
	Huiyang	條
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	條
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	隻
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	條
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	條
	Wengyuan	條
	Liannan	條
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	條, 隻
	Jiexi	條
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	隻
	Changting	隻
	Wuping (Yanqian)	隻
	Ninghua	頭
	Ningdu	隻
	Tonggu (Sandu)	隻
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	隻
	Dayu	隻
	Hong Kong	隻, 條
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	隻
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	隻
	Xinyi (Sihe)	隻
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	隻
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	隻
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	隻
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	隻
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	隻
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	隻
	Mengshan (Xihe)	條
	Luchuan	隻
	Senai (Huiyang)	條
Huizhou	Jixi	隻
Jin	Taiyuan	頭
	Taibus (Baochang)	頭
	Linhe	頭
	Jining	頭
	Hohhot	口
	Baotou	頭
	Dongsheng	頭
	Haibowan	頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	隻
	Quanzhou	隻
	Jinjiang	隻
	Yongchun	隻
	Zhangzhou	隻
	Penang (Hokkien)	隻
	Singapore (Hokkien)	隻
	Manila (Hokkien)	隻
	Datian	頭
	Shantou	隻
	Bangkok (Teochew)	隻
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	隻
	Leizhou	奇
	Haikou	隻
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	個

Dialectal synonyms of 匹 (“(classifier for horses)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		匹
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		匹
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	匹, 隻
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	匹, 隻
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	匹
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	匹
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	匹
	Wanrong	匹
	Xi'an	匹
	Xining	匹
	Xuzhou	匹
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	匹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	匹
	Wuhan	匹
	Guiyang	匹
	Liuzhou	匹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	匹
	Yangzhou	匹
	Hefei	匹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	匹, 隻
	Hong Kong	匹, 隻
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	匹
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	匹
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	條
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	條
	Macau	隻
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	隻
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	隻
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	隻
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	條, 匹
	Foshan	隻
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	隻
	Foshan (Shunde)	隻
	Foshan (Sanshui)	隻
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	匹
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	隻
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	隻
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	隻
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	匹, 個
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	隻
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	個
	Taishan	個
	Kaiping (Chikan)	個
	Enping (Niujiang)	個
	Heshan (Yayao)	隻
	Dongguan	隻
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	隻
	Yangjiang	匹
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	匹
Gan	Nanchang	隻
	Lichuan	隻
	Pingxiang	匹
Hakka	Meixian	條
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	條
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	條
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	條
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	條
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	條, 匹
	Yudu	匹
	Hong Kong	隻
	Senai (Huiyang)	條
	Singkawang	條
Jin	Taiyuan	匹
Jin	Xinzhou	匹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭, 匹
	Songxi	頭
	Zhenghe	頭
	Jianyang	頭
	Wuyishan	頭
	Pucheng (Shibei)	條
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭, 匹
	Fuzhou (Changle)	頭
	Fuqing	頭
	Yongtai	頭
	Gutian	頭
	Fu'an	頭
	Ningde	頭
	Shouning	頭
	Zhouning	頭
	Fuding	頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	隻
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	隻
	Quanzhou	隻
	Jinjiang	隻
	Yongchun	隻
	Tainan	匹
	Manila (Hokkien)	隻
	Datian	頭
	Chaozhou	隻
	Shantou	隻
	Shantou (Chenghai)	隻
	Haifeng	隻
	Bangkok (Teochew)	隻, 匹
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	隻
Puxian Min	Putian	頭
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	匹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	匹
Wu	Shanghai	匹
	Suzhou	隻
	Danyang	匹
	Ningbo	匹
	Wenzhou	頭
	Jinhua	匹
Xiang	Changsha	匹, 隻
	Loudi	匹
	Shuangfeng	隻

Dialectal synonyms of 隻 (“(classifier for chickens)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		隻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	隻
	Taiwan	隻
	Singapore	隻
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	隻
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	隻
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	隻
	Xi'an	隻, 個
	Xining	隻
	Xuzhou	隻
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	隻
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	隻
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	隻, 個
	Wuhan	隻
	Guiyang	個
	Guilin	隻
	Liuzhou	隻
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	隻
	Yangzhou	隻
	Hefei	隻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	隻
	Hong Kong	隻
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	隻
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	隻
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	隻
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	隻
	Macau	隻
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	隻
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	隻
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	隻
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	個
	Foshan	隻
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	隻
	Foshan (Shunde)	隻
	Foshan (Sanshui)	隻
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	隻
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	隻
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	隻
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	隻
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	隻
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	隻
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	個
	Taishan	隻
	Kaiping (Chikan)	個
	Enping (Niujiang)	個
	Heshan (Yayao)	隻
	Dongguan	隻
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	隻
	Yangjiang	個
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	隻
	Singapore (Guangfu)	隻
Gan	Nanchang	隻
	Lichuan	隻
	Pingxiang	隻
Hakka	Meixian	隻
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	隻
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	隻
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	隻
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	隻
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	隻
	Wengyuan	隻
	Liannan	隻
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	隻
	Jiexi	隻
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	隻
	Changting	隻
	Wuping (Yanqian)	隻
	Ninghua	隻
	Yudu	隻
	Ningdu	隻
	Tonggu (Sandu)	隻
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	隻
	Taoyuan	隻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	隻
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	隻
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	隻
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	隻
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	隻
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	隻
	Hong Kong	隻
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	隻
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	隻
	Xinyi (Sihe)	隻
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	隻
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	隻
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	隻
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	隻
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	隻
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	隻
	Mengshan (Xihe)	隻
	Luchuan	隻
	Senai (Huiyang)	隻
Huizhou	Jixi	隻
	Shexian	隻
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	隻
	Xiuning	隻
	Yixian	隻
	Qimen	隻
	Wuyuan	隻
Jin	Taiyuan	隻
Jin	Xinzhou	個
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭, 隻
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	頭
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	隻
	Pucheng (Shibei)	隻
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	隻
	Quanzhou	隻
	Jinjiang	隻
	Zhangzhou	隻
	Taipei	隻
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	隻
	Kaohsiung	隻
	Kinmen	隻
	Penghu (Magong)	隻
	Penang (Hokkien)	隻
	Singapore (Hokkien)	隻
	Manila (Hokkien)	隻
	Zhangping	個
	Datian	個
	Chaozhou	隻
	Haifeng	隻
	Bangkok (Teochew)	隻
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	隻
	Singapore (Teochew)	隻
	Leizhou	隻
	Haikou	隻
	Singapore (Hainanese)	隻
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	個
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	隻
Wu	Shanghai	隻
	Suzhou	隻
	Danyang	隻
	Hangzhou	隻
	Wenzhou	個
	Jinhua	隻
Xiang	Changsha	隻
	Loudi	隻
	Shuangfeng	隻

Dialectal synonyms of 條 (“(classifier for fish)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		條, 尾
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	條
	Taiwan	條, 尾
	Ulanhot	條
	Tongliao	條
	Chifeng	條
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	條
	Malaysia	條
	Singapore	條
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	條
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	條
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	條
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	條
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	條, 根
	Wuhan	條
	Guilin	條
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	條
	Yangzhou	條
	Hefei	條
Cantonese	Guangzhou	條, 蔸
	Hong Kong	條
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	條
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	條
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	條
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	條
	Macau	條
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	條
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	條
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	條
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	條
	Foshan	條
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	條
	Foshan (Shunde)	條
	Foshan (Sanshui)	條
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	條
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	條
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	條
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	條
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	條
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	條
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	條
	Taishan	條
	Kaiping (Chikan)	條
	Enping (Niujiang)	條
	Heshan (Yayao)	條
	Dongguan	條
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	條
	Yangjiang	條
	Danzhou	頭
	Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	隻
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	條
Gan	Nanchang	隻
	Lichuan	條
	Pingxiang	隻
Hakka	Meixian	條
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	條
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	條
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	條
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	條
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	條
	Wengyuan	條
	Liannan	條
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	條
	Jiexi	條
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	尾
	Changting	隻
	Wuping (Yanqian)	隻
	Ninghua	枚
	Yudu	隻
	Ningdu	隻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	隻
	Tonggu (Sandu)	條
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	隻
	Dayu	隻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尾
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尾
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尾
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尾
	Hong Kong	條
	Mengshan (Xihe)	條
	Luchuan	條
	Senai (Huiyang)	條
Huizhou	Jixi	條, 隻
Jin	Taiyuan	條
	Xinzhou	條
	Taibus (Baochang)	條
	Linhe	條
	Jining	條
	Hohhot	條
	Baotou	條
	Dongsheng	條
	Haibowan	條
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭, 條
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	頭
	Songxi	尾
	Zhenghe	尾
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	枚
	Jianyang	擺
	Wuyishan	頭
	Pucheng (Shibei)	行, 枚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭
	Fuzhou (Changle)	頭
	Fuqing	尾
	Yongtai	頭
	Gutian	頭
	Fu'an	頭
	Ningde	頭
	Shouning	尾
	Zhouning	頭
	Fuding	尾
Southern Min	Xiamen	尾
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	尾
	Quanzhou	尾
	Jinjiang	尾
	Yongchun	尾
	Zhangzhou	尾
	Zhangpu	尾
	Kaohsiung	尾
	Yilan	尾
	Changhua (Lukang)	尾
	Taichung	尾
	Taichung (Wuqi)	尾
	Tainan	尾
	Taitung	尾
	Hsinchu	尾
	Penghu (Magong)	尾
	Penang (Hokkien)	尾, 隻
	Singapore (Hokkien)	尾
	Manila (Hokkien)	尾, 隻
	Datian	尾
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	尾
	Chaozhou	尾
	Shantou	尾
	Shantou (Chenghai)	尾
	Jieyang	尾
	Haifeng	尾
	Bangkok (Teochew)	尾
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	尾
	Pontianak (Teochew)	條
	Leizhou	條
	Wenchang	個
	Haikou	隻
	Qionghai	隻
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	條
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	條
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	條
	Suzhou	條
	Wenzhou	頭, 條
Xiang	Changsha	條, 隻
Xiang	Shuangfeng	條, 隻

Dialectal synonyms of 朵 (“(classifier for flowers)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		朵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	朵, 朵兒
	Taiwan	朵
	Ulanhot	朵
	Tongliao	朵
	Chifeng	朵
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	朵
	Singapore	朵
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	朵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	朵兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	朵兒
	Wanrong	朵
	Xi'an	朵
	Xining	朵
	Xuzhou	朵, 朵子, 朵兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	朵
	Bayanhot	朵
	Lanzhou	朵
	Ürümqi	朵
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	朵
	Wuhan	朵
	Guiyang	朵
	Guilin	朵
	Liuzhou	朵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	朵
	Yangzhou	朵
	Hefei	朵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	朵
	Hong Kong	朵
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	朵
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	朵
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	朵
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	朵
	Macau	朵
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	朵
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	朵
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	朵
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	頂
	Foshan	朵
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	朵
	Foshan (Shunde)	朵
	Foshan (Sanshui)	朵
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	朵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	朵
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	朵
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	朵
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	朵
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	朵
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	朵
	Taishan	朵
	Kaiping (Chikan)	督
	Enping (Niujiang)	朵
	Heshan (Yayao)	朵
	Dongguan	頂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頂
	Yangjiang	朵
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	朵
Gan	Nanchang	朵
	Lichuan	雕
	Pingxiang	朵
Hakka	Meixian	朵
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	朵
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	頂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	朵
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	朵
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	朵
	Liannan	朵
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	朵
	Jiexi	枝
	Changting	朵
	Ninghua	朵
	Yudu	朵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蕊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蕊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蕊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蕊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蕊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蕊
	Hong Kong	朵
	Luchuan	朵
	Senai (Huiyang)	朵
Huizhou	Jixi	朵
Jin	Taiyuan	朵
	Xinzhou	朵
	Taibus (Baochang)	朵
	Linhe	朵
	Jining	朵
	Hohhot	朵
	Baotou	朵
	Dongsheng	朵
	Haibowan	朵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭
	Songxi	頭
	Zhenghe	頭
	Jianyang	頭
	Wuyishan	朵
	Pucheng (Shibei)	頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	菩
	Fuzhou (Changle)	菩
	Fuqing	菩
	Yongtai	菩
	Gutian	菩, 朵
	Fu'an	菩
	Ningde	菩
	Shouning	菩
	Zhouning	菩, 蓬
	Fuding	菩
	Matsu	菩
Southern Min	Xiamen	蕊, 葩
	Quanzhou	蕊, 葩
	Yongchun	蕊
	Zhangzhou	蕊
	Taipei	蕊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蕊
	Kaohsiung	蕊
	Yilan	蕊
	Changhua (Lukang)	蕊
	Taichung	蕊
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蕊
	Tainan	蕊
	Taitung	蕊
	Hsinchu	蕊
	Kinmen	蕊
	Penghu (Magong)	蕊
	Manila (Hokkien)	蕊
	Longyan	葩
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	葩
	Datian	菩
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蕊
	Chaozhou	蕊
	Jieyang	葩
	Haifeng	葩
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蕊
	Wenchang	葩
Puxian Min	Putian	菩
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	朵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	朵
Wu	Shanghai	朵
	Shanghai (Chongming)	朵
	Suzhou	朵
	Danyang	朵
	Hangzhou	朵
	Ningbo	朵
	Wenzhou	朵
	Jinhua	朵
Xiang	Changsha	朵
	Loudi	爪
	Shuangfeng	爪

(chief):

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大佬 (dàlǎo)
波士
老大 (lǎodà)
老頂／老顶
阿head
阿大 (ādà)
阿頭／阿头
領導／领导 (lǐngdǎo)
領導人／领导人 (lǐngdǎorén)
領導者／领导者 (lǐngdǎozhě)
領袖／领袖 (lǐngxiù)
領頭／领头 (lǐngtóu) (literary)
頭仔／头仔 (Hakka)
頭兒／头儿 (tóur) (colloquial)
頭子／头子 (tóuzi) (colloquial, pejorative)
頭目／头目 (tóumù)
頭頭／头头 (tóutou) (colloquial)
首腦／首脑 (shǒunǎo)
首要 (shǒuyào)
首領／首领 (shǒulǐng)
龍頭／龙头 (lóngtóu)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tou (tou⁵／tou⁰)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄊㄡ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tou²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tau⁴ / tau^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu³ / heu⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): teu / teu²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thèu

(Meixian, Guangdong): têu²
Jin (Wiktionary): tou²
Northern Min (KCR): tê
Eastern Min (BUC): tàu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thâu / thô͘ / thiô / thô

(Teochew, Peng'im): tao⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶deu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dou

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tou
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: to̊u
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou⁵
  - Yale: tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .tou
  - Palladius: тоу (tou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: tou²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰəu²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ / tau^4-2
  - Yale: tàuh / táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ / tau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ / teo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹/, /tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: heu³ / heu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /heu²²/, /heu²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: teu / teu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛu/, /tʰɛu²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: têu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰeu¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: tou²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰəu⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰe³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tàu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu
  - Tâi-lô: thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Tainan, Lukang, Yilan, Kinmen, Singapore): /tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Penang): /tʰau²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘
  - Tâi-lô: thôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: too
  - IPA (Xiamen, Yilan, Kinmen): /tʰɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiô
  - Tâi-lô: thiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang): /tʰio²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɤ²³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /tʰiɤ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô
  - Tâi-lô: thô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tooi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Lukang, Yilan): /tʰo²⁴/
  - IPA (Tainan): /tʰɤ²⁴/

Note:

thâu - vernacular;
thô͘/thiô - literary;
thô - only used in 饅頭.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: tao⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁵⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶deu
  - MiniDict: deu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɤ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: dou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /təu̯/

Middle Chinese: duw

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
Baxter	duw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəu/
Pan Wuyun	/dəu/
Shao Rongfen	/dəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəw/
Li Rong	/du/
Wang Li	/dəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tau⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m-t]ˤo/

(Zhengzhang): /*doː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	頭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tóu
Middle Chinese	‹ duw ›
Old Chinese	/*[m-t]ˁo/
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/

Definitions

頭

Suffix that forms nouns.
1. Added to a noun.
  罐頭／罐头 ― guàntou ― can; tin
  
  石頭／石头 ― shítou ― rock
2. Added to a locative word.
  裡頭／里头 ― lǐtou ― inside
  
  前頭／前头 ― qiántou ― front
3. Added to a verb to form an abstract noun.
  念頭／念头 ― niàntou ― thought; idea
4. Added to an adjective to form an abstract noun.
  甜頭／甜头 ― tiántou ― sweet taste; benefit

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頭):

→ Japanese: 頭(ず) (zu); 頭(とう) (tō)
→ Korean: 두(頭) (du)
→ Vietnamese: đầu (頭)

Others:

→? Proto-Tai: *truǝᴬ (“head”)
- Ahom: 𑜑𑜥 (hū), 𑜍𑜥 (rū), 𑜍𑜤𑜈𑜫 (ruw)
- Lao: ຫົວ (hūa)
- Lü: ᦷᦠ (ḣo)
- Northern Thai: ᩉ᩠ᩅᩫ
- Shan: ႁူဝ် (hǒ)
- Tai Dam: ꪬꪺ
- Thai: หัว (hǔua)
- Zhuang: hu
→ Proto-Tai:
- Ahom: 𑜄𑜥 (tū), 𑜄𑜤 (tu)
- Bouyei: duez
- Lao: ໂຕ (tō), ຕົວ (tūa)
- Lü: ᦷᦎ (ṫo)
- Northern Thai: ᨲᩫ᩠ᩅ
- Saek: ทั๊ว
- Shan: တူဝ် (tǒ)
- Tai Dam: ꪶꪔ
- Thai: ตัว (dtuua)
- Zhuang: duz

References

“頭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[12], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04555

Japanese

Kanji

頭

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

head
counter for large animals

Readings

Go-on: ず (zu, Jōyō)^{←づ (du, historical)}
Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
Tō-on: じゅう (jū)^{←ぢゆう (dyuu, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: と (to, Jōyō ^†)
Kun: あたま (atama, 頭, Jōyō)、かしら (kashira, 頭, Jōyō)、かぶり (kaburi, 頭)、こうべ (kōbe, 頭)^{←かうべ (kaube, 頭, historical)}、かみ (kami, 頭)、ほとり (hotori, 頭)
Nanori: かぶ (kabu)、かぶし (kabushi)、かみ (kami)、ちゃん (chan)、つぶり (tsuburi)、つむ (tsumu)、つむり (tsumuri)、づ (zu)、どたま (dotama)

Compounds

頭(とう)蓋(がい)骨(こつ) (tōgaikotsu, “skull, cranium”)
頭(とう)角(かく) (tōkaku, “distinguishing oneself”)
頭(ず)脳(のう) (zunō, “brain (intellect)”)
若(わか)頭(がしら) (wakagashira, “underboss”)
頭(とう)領(りょう) (tōryō, “head, chief”)
饅(まん)頭(じゅう) (manjū, “manjū”, a type of bun typically with bean paste filling)
頭(ふ)垢(け) (fuke, “dandruff”)
頭(ず)痛(つう) (zutsū, “headache”)

Etymology 1

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

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

頭

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Head

Wikipedia

Probably from Old Japanese. First cited in the ten-volume Wamyō Ruijushō of 934 CE.^[1]

Unknown derivation. Theories include:

Compound of 天玉 (a tama, literally “heaven, sky + ball”). This is problematic phonetically, as 天 appears historically as ama or ame, not as just a
Compound of 当て間 (ate ma, literally “putting something in contact + space, gap”), referring to the head as a moxibustion point. This is also problematic phonetically, as the shift from ate to ata necessitates a change in meaning of the underlying verb. This is also problematic semantically, as the 間 (ma) term refers more specifically to a gap or space.
Compound of 貴間 (ate ma, literally “noble + space”), referring to the most important part of the body. However, the use of 間 (ma) in this way is again problematic. Moreover, 貴 (ate, “noble”) appears in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter dating to the 900s CE, while 頭 (atama) with a sense of fontanelle appears in the Wamyō Ruijushō dated 938 CE, leaving insufficient time for either the semantic or phonetic drift required.^[1]^[2]

Historically, this term first appears with a sense of fontanelle, in reference to the soft place on the top of an infant's head where the bones of the skull have not yet fused. As such, a more likely derivation might be as a compound of 当た (ata, “not quite touching, not quite in contact”, possibly a fossilized 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of classical verb 当つ (atsu), root of modern 当たる (ataru, “to touch, to come into contact”)) +‎ 間 (ma, “space, gap, opening”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あたま [àtámáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[2]^[4]^[3]
(Tokyo) あたま [àtáꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]^[4]
IPA^(key): [a̠ta̠ma̠]

(Kyoto) あたま [áꜜtàmà] (Kōki)^[3]

Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent

(the Heian period) LLL

※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌).
※ References: ^[3]

Noun

頭(あたま) • (atama)

head (body part)
Synonym: (dialectal, Kagoshima) びんた

頭(あたま)が痛(いた)い。
Atama ga itai.
My head hurts.
(anatomy, archaic, possibly obsolete) the fontanelle part of the skull

Idioms

頭(あたま)が良(い)い (atama ga ii): bright, intelligent
頭(あたま)が悪(わる)い (atama ga warui): stupid, intellectually challenged
頭(あたま)が固(かた)い (atama ga katai)
頭(あたま)に来(く)る (atama ni kuru)
頭(あたま)が切(き)れる (atama ga kireru)
頭(あたま)に浮(う)かぶ (atama ni ukabu)
頭(あたま)に入(い)れる (atama ni ireru)
頭(あたま)がおかしい (atama ga okashī)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative spelling
首

From Old Japanese.^[1] Found as a standalone noun in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE, and as a counter in the Kojiki, dating to 712 CE.

Pronunciation

noun

(Tokyo) かしら [kàshíráꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[2]^[4]^[5]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕiɾa̠]

(Kyoto) かしら [káꜜshìrà] (Kōki)^[5]

Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent

※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌).
※ References: ^[5]

Counter

頭(かしら) • (-kashira)

a head, as when counting people, or cattle or other livestock

Noun

頭(かしら) • (kashira)

頭: the head as a whole
頭: boss, leader
頭: top part of a Chinese character
頭, 首: the head of a doll

Derived terms

年(とし)頭(がしら) (toshigashira, “oldest person”)
膝(ひざ)頭(がしら) (hizagashira, “kneecap”)
前(まえ)頭(がしら) (maegashira, rank-and-file sumo wrestler)
頭(かしら)文(も)字(じ) (kashiramoji)
出会(であ)い頭(がしら) (deaigashira)

Radical names containing 頭:

網(あみ)頭(がしら) (ami-gashira, “top 'net' radical”)
糸(いと)頭(がしら) (ito-gashira, “top 'thread' radical”)
老(おい)頭(がしら) (oi-gashira, “top 'old' radical”)
髪(かみ)頭(がしら) (kami-gashira, “top 'hair' radical”)
彑(けい)頭(がしら) (kei-gashira, “top 'pig's head' radical”)
虎(とら)頭(がしら) (tora-gashira, “top 'tiger' radical”)
冬(ふゆ)頭(がしら) (fuyu-gashira, “top 'winter' radical”)
八(はち)頭(がしら) (hachi-gashira, “top 'eight' radical”)
発(はつ)頭(がしら) (hatsu-gashira, “top 'dotted tent' radical”)
人(ひと)頭(がしら) (hito-gashira, “top 'person' radical”)

Etymology 3

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

Cognate with and shift in meaning from かぶり (kaburi, “covering; hat, crown”), spelled in kanji as 被り or 冠.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かぶり [kàbúrí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[4]
(Tokyo) かぶり [kàbúríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[2]^[4]^[6]
(Tokyo) かぶり [káꜜbùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[4]^[6]
IPA^(key): [ka̠bɯ̟ɾʲi]

(Kyoto) かぶり [kábúrí] (Kōki – [0])^[6]

Noun

頭(かぶり) • (kaburi)

head

Idioms

頭(かぶり)を振(ふ)る (kaburi o furu, “shake one's head (in denial)”)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
頭
かぶ Grade: 2
irregular

From Old Japanese; first attested in the Kojiki (712), with the spelling 加夫,^[7] in spite that the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten lists the first attestation as from the late Muromachi period.^[8]

Cognate with 株(かぶ) (kabu, “stump; root”), from a general sense of lump.^[7]^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠bɯ̟]

Noun

頭(かぶ) • (kabu)

(obsolete or Yamagata) head

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

Kanji in this term
頭
つぶり Grade: 2
irregular

Cognate with 粒 (tsubu, “round thing”, such as a grain), 禿ぶ (tsubu, “to go bald”, from the idea of one's head becoming round), 円ら (tsubura, “round”, adjective), 潰れる (tsubureru, “to become rounded, as from wear and tear, or from crushing”).^[1]

Some sources^[2] derive this as a shift from 円ら (tsubura, “round”, adjective). However, the phonology and semantics for this do not fit (changing /a/ to /i/, and repurposing the adjectivizing suffix ら to instead form a noun). The modern verb tsubureru had the form tsuburu in older stages of the language. The tsuburi reading for 頭 may more likely represent a nominalization derived from this older verb, following normal patterns for creating nouns from verbs.

Compare Okinawan ちぶる (chiburu, “head”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つぶり [tsùbúríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[9]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨbɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

頭(つぶり) • (tsuburi)

head

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
頭
つむり Grade: 2
irregular

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つむり [tsùmúríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[2]^[4]^[10]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨmɯ̟ɾʲi]

(Kyoto) つむり [tsúmúrí] (Kōki – [0])^[10]

Noun

頭(つむり) • (tsumuri)

head
hair of the head

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
頭
つむ Grade: 2
irregular

Shortened from tsumuri above.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sɨmɯ̟]

Noun

頭(つむ) • (tsumu)

head

Derived terms

御(お)頭(つむ) (otsumu, “head”, mainly used of an infant)

Etymology 8

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

Alternative spelling
首

*/kamipe/ → */kampe/ → /kaube/ → /kɔːbe/ → /koːbe/

Compound of either 上 (kami, “upper”) or 髪 (kami, “hair”) (likely cognates), with either 部 (be, “part, portion”) or 辺・方 (pe, “area; direction”).^[11]^[2]^[12]

Listed in one resource as possibly an alteration from 頭 (kabu, “head”) + 上 (upe, “up”, Old Japanese reading).^[1]

This reading is listed in some sources as attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.^[11] However, this is based on traditional ruby glosses of the ideogrammatic spelling, and the glosses are from younger manuscripts.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーべ [kòóbé] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[4]^[11]
(Tokyo) こーべ [kòóbéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[2]^[4]^[11]
(Tokyo) こーべ [kóꜜòbè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]^[11]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːbe̞]

(Kyoto) こーべ [kóꜜòbè] (Kōki)^[11]

Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent

※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌).
※ References: ^[11]

Noun

頭(こうべ) • (kōbe) ^{←かうべ (kaube)^?}

head

Derived terms

髑(され)髏(こうべ) (sarekōbe, “skull”, used as a symbol of death)

Etymology 9

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”).^[13]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どたま [dòtámáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[2]^[13]
IPA^(key): [do̞ta̠ma̠]

Noun

頭(どたま) • (dotama)

(derogatory) head

Usage notes

Often spelled in hiragana, as どたま.

Etymology 10

Kanji in this term
頭
ず Grade: 2
goon

/du/ → /d͡zu/ → /zu/

From Middle Chinese 頭 (MC duw). The goon reading, so likely an earlier borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ず [zù] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[4]^[14]
IPA^(key): [d͡zɨ]

(Kyoto) ずー [zúú] (Kōki – [0])^[14]

Noun

頭(ず) • (zu) ^{←づ (du)^?}

head

Usage notes

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

Idioms

頭(ず)が高(たか)い (zu ga takai, “haughty”)

Etymology 11

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

From Middle Chinese 頭 (MC duw). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. The shift from initial /d/ to voiceless /t/ is due to influence or reborrowing from a later stage of the Chinese language. Compare modern Mandarin reading tóu, Cantonese tau⁴, Min Nan tao⁵.

Pronunciation

noun

(Tokyo) とー [tóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[15]
IPA^(key): [to̞ː]

(Kyoto) とー [tóꜜò] (Kōki)^[15]

Counter

頭(とう) • (-tō)

counter for certain relatively large animals, or for livestock animals; "head"
合(あ)わせて 1300(せんさんびゃく) 頭(とう)余(あま)りが出(しゅっ)荷(か)され、全(ぜん)国(こく)各(かく)地(ち)に流(りゅう)通(つう)した。
Awasete sensanbyaku tō amari ga shukka sare, zenkoku kakuchi ni ryūtsū shita.
Altogether over 1300 head of cattle have been distributed throughout the country.

三(さん)頭(とう)の北(ホッ)極(キョク)熊(グマ)
santō no Hokkyokuguma
three polar bears

一(いっ)頭(とう)の羊(ヒツジ)
ittō no hitsuji
one sheep
counter for insects (used only in biology)

Noun

頭(とう) • (tō)

head

Derived terms

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 “あたま【頭・天窓】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 “かしら【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 “かぶり【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[3] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 212
^ “かぶ【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[4] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ “つぶり【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[5] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 “つむり【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[6] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 ^11.6 “こうべ［かうべ］【首・頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[7] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ “首”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[8] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 “ど‐たま【─頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[9] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 “ず［ヅ］【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[10] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 “とう【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[11] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 頭 (MC duw).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 뚜ᇢ (Yale: ttwuw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 두 (twu) (Yale: twu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tu]
Phonetic hangul: [두]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

頭

Wikisource

頭 (eumhun 머리 두 (meori du))

Hanja form^? of 두 (“head”).

Compounds

두뇌 (頭腦, dunoe)
몰두 (沒頭, moldu)
염두 (念頭, yeomdu)
화두 (話頭, hwadu)
화두 (火頭, hwadu)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [13]

Northern Amami Ōshima

Kanji

頭

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Etymology

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

頭(つぃぶる) (cïburu)

head

Okinawan

Kanji

頭

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Etymology

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

頭(ちぶる) (chiburu)

head
an intelligent person

Derived terms

頭(ちぶる)病(や)ん (chiburuyan, “headache”)

Okinoerabu

Kanji

頭

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Etymology

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

頭(ちぶる) (chiburu)

head
an intelligent person

Southern Amami Ōshima

Kanji

頭

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Etymology

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

頭(つぃぶる) (cïburu)

head

Vietnamese

Han character

頭: Hán Nôm readings: đầu

(anatomy) a head
Synonym: trốc

Yaeyama

Kanji

頭

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Etymology

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

頭(つぶり) or 頭(つぃぶる) or 頭(つぃぶるぃ) (tsuburi or tsïburu or tsïburwi)

head

Yoron

Kanji

頭

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Etymology

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

頭(ちぶる) (chiburu)

head
an intelligent person

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NKD2O_atama-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 “あたま【頭・天窓】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[NHK-4] 4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NKD2O_kashira-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 “かしら【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[NKD2O_kaburi-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 “かぶり【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[3] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[JDB-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 212

[KDJ2O-kabu-8] “かぶ【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[4] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[NKD2O_tsuburi-9] “つぶり【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[5] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[NKD2O_tsumuri-10] 10.0 ^10.1 “つむり【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[6] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[NKD2O_kōbe-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 ^11.6 “こうべ［かうべ］【首・頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[7] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[DDJS-12] “首”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[8] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[NKD2O_dotama-13] 13.0 ^13.1 “ど‐たま【─頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[9] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[NKD2O_zu-14] 14.0 ^14.1 “ず［ヅ］【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[10] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[NKD2O_tō-15] 15.0 ^15.1 “とう【頭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[11] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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Japanese number-counter combinations for 頭(とう) (tō)
1	2	3	4	5
一(いっ)頭(とう) (ittō)	二(に)頭(とう) (nitō)	三(さん)頭(とう) (santō)	四(よん)頭(とう) (yontō)	五(ご)頭(とう) (gotō)
6	7	8	9	10
六(ろく)頭(とう) (rokutō)	七(なな)頭(とう) (nanatō) 七(しち)頭(とう) (shichitō)	八(はっ)頭(とう) (hattō) 八(はち)頭(とう) (hachitō)	九(きゅう)頭(とう) (kyūtō)	十(じゅっ)頭(とう) (juttō) 十(じっ)頭(とう) (jittō)
100	1,000	10,000	How many?
百(ひゃく)頭(とう) (hyakutō)	千(せん)頭(とう) (sentō)	一(いち)万(まん)頭(とう) (ichimantō)	何(なん)頭(とう) (nantō)

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