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头

tóu, tou

head

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound. The simplified character 头 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 頭.

Components
豆 sound,simplified component

豆  Sound Simplified component

dòu

  

bean

頁 iconic,simplified component

頁  Iconic Simplified component

yè, xié

  

(head), page

Depicts a head on top of a person.

Evolution

头 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
头 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
头 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
头 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
头 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

头 (頭) 

tóu

head; top; chief, first; boss; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[gè]

头 (頭) 

tou

suffix for nouns

Most common words with 头
Freq.
Word
Meaning

头

head

头发

hair (on the head)

回头

to turn round

镜头

camera lens

石头

stone

Component uses

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

实 买

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 97.5813% of movies

168th most common character in movies

147th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

頭

Unicode

U+5934


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