This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: チョウ、いただ.く、いただき
Romaji: chō, itada.ku, itadaki
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  181
Frequency:  1350
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  1-2-9
Korean Reading:  jeong
Chinese Reading:  ding3
Unicode:  9802
JIS:  443A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 145
Nelson Index: 5118
New Nelson Index: 6616
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 9a2.1
Four Corner Index: 1128.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 940
Gakken Index: 1308
Daikanwanjiten Index: 43335
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0231
Remembering the kanji Index: 94
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1005
Kodansha Compact Index: 1882
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 951
Kanji in Context Index: 1643
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 108
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 125
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 95
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 98
Essential Kanji Index: 986
Kodansha Kanji Index: 164
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3161
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 929

Words

(いただき)
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire; easy win for one; something received
頂点 (ちょうてん)
top; summit
登頂 (とうちょう)
climbing to the summit
頭頂 (とうちょう)
top of the head; vertex (anat.); parietal
有頂天 (うちょうてん)
ecstasy
山頂 (さんちょう)
summit (e.g. mountain)
頂上 (ちょうじょう)
top; summit; peak
絶頂 (ぜっちょう)
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; zenith; climax
頂く (いただく)
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); to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)
灌頂 (かんじょう、かんちょう)
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)
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