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tóu

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tóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tóu | tou2
English translation
head; chief, boss; first, top

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About tóu

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

tóu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

head

Etymology of tóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

豆頁

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

dòu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and dòu represents the sound. The simplified character tóu was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character tóu .

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Words with tóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tóu head tóu
头发 tóufa hair (on the head)頭髮
回头 huí tóu to turn round回頭
镜头 jìngtóu camera lens鏡頭
石头 shítou stone石頭
头儿 tóu r leader頭兒
头脑 tóu nǎo brains頭腦
街头 jiē tóu street街頭
码头 mǎtóu dock碼頭
骨头 gǔtou bone骨頭
点头 diǎn tóu to nod點頭
老头 lǎo tóu old fellow老頭
头痛 tóu tòng to have a headache頭痛
舌头 shétou tongue舌頭
摇头 yáo tóu to shake one's head搖頭
龙头 lóng tóu faucet龍頭
念头 niàn tou thought念頭
一头 yī tóu one head一頭
头疼 tóu téng headache頭疼
势头 shì tóu power勢頭
抬头 tái tóu to gain ground抬頭
开头 kāi tóu beginning開頭
丫头 yā tou girl丫頭
枕头 zhěntou pillow枕頭
尽头 jìn tóu end盡頭

tóu Decomposition & Compounds

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