U+982D "頭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+982D "頭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logographic character used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it primarily means "head" or the topmost part of something, such as the head of a person, an animal, or an object. In Chinese, it is pronounced "tóu" in Mandarin and often appears in words related to leadership, beginning, or counting (e.g., "頭腦" for brain or "碼頭" for dock). In Japanese, it is read as "atama" or "tō" and similarly denotes the head or leader, appearing in compounds like "頭痛" (zutsū, headache) and "頭文字" (kashira moji, initial letter). The character is composed of the radical "頁" (meaning head or page) with the phonetic component "豆" (bean), and it is one of the most common and essential kanji in daily usage across East Asian languages.