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Chinese symbol for “header”

头球
tóu qiú
Traditional: 頭球
(soccer) header

The closest CC-CEDICT match for header is 头球 (tóu qiú), defined as: (soccer) header.

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

头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
球 qiú
ball, globe, sphere; round
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “header”

WordPinyinMeaning
书眉 (書眉)shū méiheader; top margin on a page
集管jí guǎnheader (of piping system)
头信息 (頭信息)tóu xìn xīheader (computing)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 头球.

WordPinyinMeaning
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)
石头 (石頭)shí toustone; 块 (kuài)
码头 (碼頭)mǎ touwharf; dock; quay; pier
回头 (回頭)huí tóuto turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
全球quán qiúthe whole world; worldwide; global
足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football

See also: Japanese symbol for “header”.

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.