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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tū | tu1
English translation
bald
blunt

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

禿

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

Grains of hair  on a person's head 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

禾几

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zhè shù le .

The tree is leafless [ defoliate ] .

一条肥大 féi dà Máo de lǎo gǒu , 急忙 jímáng 躲开 duǒ kāi .

The old dog, obese and bald, escaped in fear.

de 秃头 tū tóu 四周 sì zhōu cháng zhāo juān 灰白 huī bái de 头发 tóufa .

A band of grey hair encircled his bald dome.

de tóu dǐng 四周 sì zhōu cháng zhāo juān 灰白 huī bái de 头发 tóufa .

A band of gray hair encircled his bald dome.

发生 fāshēng 危险 wēixiǎn ,我们 wǒmen 秃鹰 tū yīng chī shá ne ?

What would our condors feed on if no one was in danger?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bald禿
秃头 tū tóu baldness禿頭
秃顶 tū dǐng bald head禿頂
秃子 tū zi baldy禿子
秃鹰 tū yīng condor禿鷹
光秃秃 guāng tū tū bald光禿禿
秃鹫 tū jiù vulture禿鷲
秃发 Tū fā a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 Xiān bēi nomadic people禿發

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Decomposition

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