Chinese symbol for “headfirst”
头朝下
tóu cháo xià
Traditional: 頭朝下
(falling or suspended) head downwards; headfirst; headlong
The closest CC-CEDICT match for headfirst is 头朝下 (tóu cháo xià), defined as: (falling or suspended) head downwards; headfirst; headlong.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 头朝下.
| 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 |
| 王朝 | wáng cháo | dynasty |
| 朝廷 | cháo tíng | court; imperial household |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
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.