头 (toú, tou) — Chinese Character

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.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 头.

一头

yī tóu

上头

shàng tóu

上头

shàng tou

下头

xià tóu

两头

liǎng tóu

个头

ge tóu

个头

gè tóu

丫头

yā tou

临头

lín tóu

乳头

rǔ tóu

云头

yún tóu

人头

rén tóu

Characters that share the radical 大.

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