Chinese symbol for “headband”
头箍
tóu gū
Traditional: 頭箍
headband
The closest CC-CEDICT match for headband is 头箍 (tóu gū), defined as: headband.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “headband”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发箍 (髮箍) | fà gū | headband |
| 包头 (包頭) | bāo tóu | turban; headband |
| 一字巾 | yī zì jīn | headband; strip of cloth worn around the head |
| 发带 (髮帶) | fà dài | headband |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 头箍.
| 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 |
| 金箍棒 | jīn gū bàng | golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西游记 (Xī yóu Jì) |
| 紧箍咒 (緊箍咒) | jǐn gū zhòu | the Band-tightening Spell (in 西游记 (Xī yóu Jì)); a spell or incantation for controlling sb |
See also: Japanese symbol for “headband”.
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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