头

toú, tou

head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock

Radical: 大 HSK 2 n, q, m, k pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

头 decomposes into the following components:

⺀ 大

Semantic component: 大.

Words containing 头

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 头.

一头
yī tóu
one head
上头
shàng tóu
above
下头
xià tóu
两头
liǎng tóu
both ends
个头
gè tóu
size
丫头
yā tou
girl
临头
lín tóu
to befall
乳头
rǔ tóu
nipple
云头
yún tóu
cloud
人头
rén tóu
number of people
从头
cóng tóu
anew
仰头
yǎng tóu

Related characters (radical 大)

Characters that share the radical 大.

乔 买 大 天 太 夫 夬 夭 央 夯 失 夲 夷 夸 夺 夼 夾 奁 奂 奄 奇 奈 奉 奋

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