Word Meaning 切頭

せっとう settou

切頭 is read as せっとう (settou) and means cutting off the head.

Meaning

English

cutting off the head
shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant

Reading

Kana

せっとう

Romaji

settou

Writing Variants

截頭せっとう settou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 86697 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

先頭を切る

せんとうをきる

to go first

頭切れ

とうきれ

clipping off the beginning of a speech transmission

切実

せつじつ

pertinent

切断

せつだん

cutting

切り取り

きりどり

cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.)

切腹

せっぷく

seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

切望

せつぼう

earnest desire

切り抜き

きりぬき

cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

切除

せつじょ

cut off

切り取る

きりとる

to cut off

切り返す

きりかえす

to perform a twisting backward knee trip

切り返し

きりかえし

railway switchback