IDENTITY
头tóuhead; top
HSK 1Top 140
CORE MEANING
head; top
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.headHSK1
- 2.top; endHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 大big radical (dà)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 头
USAGE
Common words
头发tóufahair
头疼tóuténgheadache
点头diǎntóuto nod
Graded examples
他点点头，同意了。Tā diǎn diǎn tóu, tóngyì le.HSK3
He nodded in agreement.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A big dot above the body — the head. (Simplified from 頭, a head on a page.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #140
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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