头

tóu · tou

head · hair style

Radical: 大 Strokes: 5 HSK 2

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Most common

Same radical

大天夫失太奇夷奉夺奏套奥

Same radical

大天夫失太奇夷奉夺奏套奥奔夹契

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Character Decomposition

头=⺀+大

Etymology

high

Meanings2 pronunciations

tóu

head

hair style

the top

end

beginning or end

a stub

remnant

chief

boss

side

aspect

first

leading

classifier for pigs or livestock

CL: gè

tou

suffix for nouns

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Words with 头 2307 total

feeding trough in stable槽头cáo tóu hoary head · old age白头bái tóu prostitute (old) · crafty character (in opera)粉头fěn tóu oligarch寡头guǎ tóu to take responsibility承头chéng tóu to the end (of) · at the end of · in the end · to come to an end到头dào tóu ax · hatchet · CL:柄 bǐng斧头fǔ tóu to bow the head · to yield · to give in低头dī tóu (dialect) weakling; coward孱头càn tou (male hair style) crew cut · butch cut寸头cùn tóu on one's desk案头àn tóu tip of the nose · (dialect) nose鼻头bí tóu foreman工头gōng tóu head of nail钉头dīng tóu place · locality · edge of a field · lower margin of a page地头dì tóu separately · severally · parted hair分头fēn tóu to get a haircut; to give sb a haircut剪头jiǎn tóu on one's shoulders · (dialect) shoulder肩头jiān tóu newspaper or magazine masthead刊头kān tóu

Idioms with 头 395 total Chain

to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy · nosy巴头探脑bā tóu tàn nǎo lit. white-haired yet still like new acquaintances (idiom)\ · fig. to have known someone for a long time but still not understand them; to be strangers despite long acquaintance白头如新bái tóu rú xīn

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