头 — Chinese character
头
tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Radical
- 37 ⼤ (Big)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 大
- Formation
- pictophonetic — high; meaning component 大
- Traditional
- 頭
Common words with 头
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 镜头 (鏡頭) | jìng tóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc) |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
| 码头 (碼頭) | mǎ tou | wharf; dock; quay; pier |
| 回头 (回頭) | huí tóu | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by |
| 头脑 (頭腦) | tóu nǎo | brains; mind |
| 头上 (頭上) | tóu shàng | overhead; above |
| 老头 (老頭) | lǎo tóu | old fellow; old man |
| 开头 (開頭) | kāi tóu | beginning; to start |
| 头部 (頭部) | tóu bù | head |
| 舌头 (舌頭) | shé tou | tongue; 个 (gè) |
English words written with 头
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.