とう
Meanings
Counter
1. counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
Kanji used
head
Pitch accent
Top 5600
Used in vocabulary (117 in total)
head; cranium; cephalic
head; lead; vanguard; first
deputy head teacher; vice principal
(head) clerk
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
head; chief; boss
hair (on the head)
chief; head; leader
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
double-headed
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
number of (large) animals
heart; mind
(on the) street
society president
boss; chief; manager
(on one's) mind; heed
turning round (a ship); changing course; veering
head of an army
how many? (large animals)
lord of a manor; estate steward
beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
wave crest; whitecaps
many-headed; hydra-headed; large-scale (e.g. breeding)
simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head
number of people; population; human head
number of people; population; human head
riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River)
beheading; decapitation
blind man; masseur (usu. blind)
topic; subject
top of the head
beginning of the year; the oldest person
head with grey hair (gray); grey head
beginning; outset; opening; start
snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants
capital (of a column); stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower
front of (the main building of) a shrine
beginning of a line (of writing)
top of a pole
coach and four; four horse coach
start of a sentence, phrase, etc.
double-headed
rocky outcrop
pier; wharf; quay; dock
alliteration
the field; the parade ground
first part of a word
headnote; heading; superscription; above-mentioned; referred to above
critical moment; crucial point; crossroads
dolichocephaly
the opening greeting on letters
bell-shaped window (usu. in temples)
clipping off the beginning of a speech transmission
terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
acronym; initialism
deflection (gunnery)
pointed end; point; cusp; pointed head
brachycephaly
acute (of the shape of a leaf); acuminate; pointed
pottery lantern (curved conical shape)
inferior frontal gyrus
initial consonant; syllable onset
head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck
head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck
abovementioned item; description at beginning of (this) text or document
globus pharyngis; lump in one's throat; pharyngolaryngeal paresthesia
obtuse (of the shape of a leaf); rounded
capitulum (inflorescence)
pachycephalosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Pachycephalosauria)
plagiocephaly; flat head syndrome
sugar apple; sweetsop (fruit)
flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)
Philippine ground orchid (Spathoglottis plicata); Philippine orchid; large purple orchid
Examples (9 in total)
There were six sheep in the field.
There are three cows in the barn.
We have ten cattle.