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開頭

開頭

See also: 开头

Chinese

open; operate (vehicle); start head; (noun suffix)
trad. (開頭)
simp. (开头)

Verb

開頭

  1. to start; to begin
    it開頭句子 / it开头句子   yǐ it kāitóu de jùzi   sentence beginning with "it"

Noun

開頭

  1. start; beginning

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of (kai, open) + (, head).

Pronunciation

Noun

開頭 (hiragana かいとう, romaji kaitō)

  1. (medicine) craniotomy: the opening of the skull for surgery

Verb

開頭する (hiragana かいとうする, romaji kaitō suru)

  1. (medicine) to craniotomize, to perform a craniotomy: to open the skull for surgery

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9