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Chinese symbol for “colter”

犁头
lí tóu
Traditional: 犁頭
plowshare; colter; (dialect) plow

The closest CC-CEDICT match for colter is 犁头 (lí tóu), defined as: plowshare; colter; (dialect) plow.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

犁 lí
to plow
radical 93 ⽜ · 11 strokes
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 犁头.

WordPinyinMeaning
犁地lí dìto plow
犁铧 (犁鏵)lí huáplowshare
耕犁gēng líplow
犁沟 (犁溝)lí gōufurrow
爬犁pá lísledge
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet
镜头 (鏡頭)jìng tóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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