Keyword
top of
- place on the head
- receive
- top of head
- top
- summit
- peak
- Frequency
- #1350
- Strokes
- 11
- Grade
- 6
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 98
Readings
チョウ64%
いただ27%
いただき9%
Mnemonic
A street leads up, a page turns at each bend, and you huff and puff until you finally reach the top of the hill.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
頂ける
to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to accept; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory
Ichidan verb
頂く
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top); …
Godan verb
頂点
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; peak; top (of a profession, field, etc.); peak (of popularity, a boom, etc.); height (e.g. of prosperity); zenith; climax
Noun
頂戴
receiving; getting; accepting; being given; eating; drinking; having; please (give me; do for me)
Noun
丹頂
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane; red-cap oranda (goldfish); Tanchō (koi variety); having a red crest or patch on the head (of a bird, fish, etc.)
Noun
灌頂
baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); pouring water onto a gravestone; teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
Noun