头 (tóu): meaning and stroke order
头 (tóu) means head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side.
头
- Simplified
- 头
- Traditional
- 頭
- Pinyin
- tóu · tou
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Stroke order of 头
头
- tóu head; hair style
- tou suffix for nouns
- 5 strokes
- Traditional form: 頭
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Meaning of 头
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tóu
Traditional 頭
- head
- hair style
- the top
- end
- beginning or end
- a stub
- remnant
- chief
- boss
- side
- aspect
- first
- leading
- classifier for pigs or livestock
- CL:個|个[ge4]
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tou
Traditional 頭
- suffix for nouns
Radical and structure
- 头
- Radical 大 (Kangxi radical 37) · 5 strokes
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Words with 头
- 山头 shān tóu mountain top
- 头发 tóu fa hair (on the head)
- 开头 kāi tóu beginning; to start
- 石头 shí tou stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- 点头 diǎn tóu to nod
- 龙头 lóng tóu faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar
- 回头 huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
- 骨头 gǔ tou bone; CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4]
- 船头 chuán tóu the bow or prow of a ship
- 头灯 tóu dēng headlight (of a vehicle); headlamp; head torch
- 低头 dī tóu to bow the head; to yield
- 镜头 jìng tóu camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)
头 in our stories
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经理听了，笑着点了点头。
jīnglǐ tīng le xiào zhe diǎn le diǎn tóu
The manager listens, smiles and nods.
From the story The honest answer HSK 3
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它长着龙一样的头、鹿一样的身体，头上还有一只角。
tā zhǎng zhe lóng yíyàng de tóu lù yíyàng de shēntǐ tóu shàng háiyǒu yì zhī jiǎo
It has a head like a dragon's, a body like a deer's, and a single horn on its head.
From the story The qilin HSK 4
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奶奶摸摸他的头：“其实，与其让灶王爷替你说好话，不如你自己先去跟妹妹道歉。”
nǎinai mō mō tā de tóu qíshí yǔqí ràng Zàowángyé tì nǐ shuō hǎohuà bùrú nǐ zìjǐ xiān qù gēn mèimei dàoqiàn
Grandma stroked his head: "You know, rather than having the Kitchen God put in a good word for you, it's better to go and apologise to your sister yourself."
From the story Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
Stories using 头
- The honest answer HSK 3
- The qilin HSK 4
- Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
- A second chance HSK 5
- The dry floor HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).