Word Meaning 竿頭

かんとう kantou

竿頭 is read as かんとう (kantou) and means top of a pole.

Meaning

English

  1. top of a pole

Reading

Kana

かんとう

Romaji

kantou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

百尺竿頭

ひゃくせきかんとう

the highest state of one's enlightenment

竿

さお

beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)

年頭

ねんとう

beginning of the year

先頭

せんとう

head (of a line, group, etc.)

街頭

がいとう

(on the) street

筆頭

ひっとう

brush tip

念頭

ねんとう

(on one's) mind

冒頭

ぼうとう

beginning

あたま

hair (on one's head)

没頭

ぼっとう

immersing oneself in

目頭

まがしら

inner canthus

波頭

はとう

wave crest