expression, adjective

  1. having a headache.
  2. racking one's brains, troubling over something. Idiomatic expression.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
頭が痛い あたまがいたい
 
 
 
 
頭がいたい あたまがいたい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

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)
pain, hurt, damage
いた.い ツウ (6th, N3)
trailing sickness, sick radical (no. 104)
ダク ニャク ソウ
road with walls on both sides
ヨウ (Kentei 1)
ma
utilize, business, service
ヨウ もち.いる たから (2nd, N4)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ