せ
旋
どう
頭
か
歌

noun

  1. traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
せ
旋
どう
頭
か
歌
 旋頭歌 せどうか
せん
旋
どう
頭
か
歌
 旋頭歌 せんどうか

Contained Kanji Breakdown

rotation, go around
セン　め.ぐる　いばり (9th, N1)
flags flying, streamers
direction, person, alternative
ホウ　かた　なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
head, counter for animals
ヒキ　ショ　ソ (Kentei Pre-1)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
head, counter for large animals
あたま　トウ　ズ (2nd, N3)
beans, pea, midget
まめ　トウ　ズ (3rd, N1)
delicious(旨) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
page, leaf
ケツ　ぺえじ　おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
oneself
ジ　みずか.ら　おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
song, sing
うた　カ (2nd, N4)
big brother
カ　コ　あに (Kentei 1)
can, passable, mustn't
カ　コク　-べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ　テイ　チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
lack, gap, fail
ケツ　か.ける　ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)