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Chinese symbol for “intro”

片头
piàn tóu
Traditional: 片頭
(cinema, TV) title sequence; opening credits; intro

The closest CC-CEDICT match for intro is 片头 (piàn tóu), defined as: (cinema, TV) title sequence; opening credits; intro.

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

片 piàn
slice, splinter; page, strip
radical 91 ⽚ · 4 strokes
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 片头.

WordPinyinMeaning
照片zhào piànphotograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú)
图片 (圖片)tú piànpicture; photograph; 张 (zhāng)
影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie
片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc)
短片duǎn piànshort film; video clip
纪录片 (紀錄片)jì lù piànnewsreel; documentary (film or TV program)
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet

See also: Japanese symbol for “intro”.

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.