頂 — place on the head, receive, top of head

いただく頂 place on the head

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+9802 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1350 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #98 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

place on the head
receive
top of head
top
summit
peak

word

いただ itada Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

頂(いただ) く itadaku to receive (humble) 頂(いただ) ける itadakeru to be able to receive (humble)

ちょう chou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

頂(ちょう) 点(てん) chouten summit 頂(ちょう) 上(じょう) choujou summit 山(さん) 頂(ちょう) sanchou summit 頂(ちょう) 戴(だい) choudai receiving

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

ちょう丁 nail

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