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秃

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bald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point); (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
7
Radical
禾 +2
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
禿
Common rank
#2,481
Unicode
U+79C3

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Formation & memory

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How 秃 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 几

Components 禾 几

How to remember it

bald · Heisig RSH #2003

wild rice + wind

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 秃

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WordPinyinMeaning
指着和尚骂秃子 zhǐ zhe hé shang mà tū zi lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom); fig. to insult indirectly; to …
对着和尚骂贼秃 duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū (lit.) in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (s…
秃宝盖 tū bǎo gài name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14); see also 冖[mi4]
秃子 tū zi bald-headed person; baldy
秃头 tū tóu to bare one's head; to be bareheaded; to go bald; bald head; bald person
秃发 Tū fà Tufa, a two-character surname of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] origin
秃发 tū fà baldness; hair loss; alopecia; to lose one's hair; to go bald
秃鼻乌鸦 tū bí wū yā (bird species of China) rook (Corvus frugilegus)
斑秃 bān tū spot baldness (alopecia areata)
秃顶 tū dǐng bald head
圆秃 yuán tū spot baldness (alopecia areata)
光秃秃 guāng tū tū bald; bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc)
贼秃 zéi tū (derog.) Buddhist monk
秃鹰 tū yīng vulture; condor
秃驴 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk
秃疮 tū chuāng (dialect) favus of the scalp (skin disease)
秃瓢 tū piáo bald head (colloquial)
秃鹫 tū jiù vulture; (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
秃鹳 tū guàn (bird species of China) lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)