also: かみがしら
hair on one's head
Refers specifically to the hair growing on the head, as opposed to facial or body hair.
As you get older, the hair on your head thins.
kanji "hair" radical at top
Only with reading かみがしら
Refers to the kanji radical 髟 (かみがしら), which appears at the top of characters related to hair, such as 髪 and 髭.
The top part of the character 髪 is a radical called かみがしら.
Standard kanji form for the reading かみかしら.
Alternate reading used specifically for the kanji radical sense.
Compound of 髪 (かみ, 'hair') and 頭 (かしら, 'head'). The reading かみがしら is a rendaku variant.