King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “masthead”

报头
bào tóu
Traditional: 報頭
masthead (of a newspaper etc); nameplate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for masthead is 报头 (bào tóu), defined as: masthead (of a newspaper etc); nameplate.

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

报 bào
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 报头.

WordPinyinMeaning
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
报纸 (報紙)bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
情报 (情報)qíng bàoinformation; intelligence
报导 (報導)bào dǎoto report (in the media); (news) report
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet

See also: Japanese symbol for “masthead”.

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.