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头

·tou

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]

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #12 U+5934

How 头 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

high

components: ⺀ 大

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 containing 头

WordPinyinMeaning
头子 tóu zi boss; gang leader
人头 rén tóu person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is u…
大头 dà tóu big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion'…
头大 tóu dà to have a big head; (fig.) to get a headache; one's head is swimming
一头 yī tóu one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly;…
山头 shān tóu mountain top, esp. one occupied by a mountain stronghold; (fig.) clique; power base
头一 tóu yī the first
头头 tóu tóu head; chief
人头马 Rén tóu mǎ Rémy Martin cognac
心头 xīn tóu one's heart; one's mind
地头 dì tóu place; locality; edge of a field; lower margin of a page
头儿 tóu r leader
拉山头 lā shān tóu to start a clique; to form a faction
天头 tiān tóu the upper margin of a page
头天 tóu tiān yesterday; previous day; first day
白头山 Bái tóu shān Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山|长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and N…
马头 mǎ tou old variant of 碼頭|码头[ma3 tou5]
小头 xiǎo tóu the smaller part or share of sth
头家 tóu jiā organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings; banker (gambling); precedin…
白头 bái tóu hoary head; old age