Chinese Character 头 Meanings and components.

Form

头

Meaning

头 meaning^[3] in English

Head.

Hair Style.

The Top.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 头 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are big (大) , and 'ice' radical in … (冫)

Its radical^[1] is: 大 (da4) which means: Big, Huge, Large, Major, Great, Wide, Deep, Older (Than), Oldest, Eldest, Greatly, Very Much, (Dialect) Father, Father's Elder Or Younger Brother, .大da4big

In cangjie it is written with YK

How to write 头

To write头tou2head you should write a combination of 大da4big , 冫bing1'ice' radical … arranged in a + shape:

大 + 冫 = 头

头 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 头 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 头, looks as follow:

头

Pinyin:tou2 Shape:+

Meaning^[3]: 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]

大

Pinyin:da4

Meaning^[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

冫

Pinyin:bing1

Meaning^[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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