头
tou
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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]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 +2
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 头
- Common rank
- #12
- Unicode
- U+5934
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
head · Heisig RSH #856
St. Bernard dog + ice — as a component also called: bust
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 头
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头子 | boss; gang leader | |
| 人头 | person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is u… | |
| 大头 | big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion'… | |
| 头大 | to have a big head; (fig.) to get a headache; one's head is swimming | |
| 一头 | one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly;… | |
| 山头 | mountain top, esp. one occupied by a mountain stronghold; (fig.) clique; power base | |
| 头一 | the first | |
| 头头 | head; chief | |
| 人头马 | Rémy Martin cognac | |
| 心头 | one's heart; one's mind | |
| 地头 | place; locality; edge of a field; lower margin of a page | |
| 头儿 | leader | |
| 拉山头 | to start a clique; to form a faction | |
| 天头 | the upper margin of a page | |
| 头天 | yesterday; previous day; first day | |
| 白头山 | Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山|长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and N… | |
| 马头 | old variant of 碼頭|码头[ma3 tou5] | |
| 小头 | the smaller part or share of sth | |
| 头家 | organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings; banker (gambling); precedin… | |
| 白头 | hoary head; old age |