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

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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

頭

あたま

hair (on one's head)

没頭

ぼっとう

immersing oneself in

目頭

めがしら

inner canthus

波頭

なみがしら

wave crest