かしら
Meanings
Noun
1. head
2. hair (on one's head)
3. mind; brains; intellect
when read as "あたま"
4. leader; chief; boss; captain
5. top; tip
6. beginning; start
7. head; person
when read as "あたま"
8. down payment; deposit
when read as "あたま"
9. top structural component of a kanji
when read as "かしら"
10. pair
when read as "あたま"
Alt. forms
Kanji used
head
Pitch accent
しら
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
first letter; first letters; initial
hairstyle; shape of one's head; fish served whole
hairstyle; shape of one's head; fish served whole
faith is mysterious; faith is weird; (lit.) even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith
white hair; (lit.) snow of the head
hair on one's head; head; top of one's head; kanji "hair" radical at top
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
to stand at the head of others
appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)
puppeteer for the head
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
fire brigade chief (in Edo); chief fireman
Examples (77 in total)
Watch your head!
My head is itchy.
My head is throbbing.