How to write 头
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Meaning of 头
Pinyin
tóu、 tou
Radical
大
Strokes
5
Definition
head, suff. for nouns
Usage
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头
tóu
名词
1. （本义）人的身体最上部分或动物身体最前部分。
([En.] The top part of a person's body or the front part of an animal's body.)
2. 指头发或所留头发的样式。
([En.] Refers to hair or the style of hair.)
3. 物体的顶端。
([En.] The top of an object.)
4. 指事情的起点或端绪。
([En.] Refers to the starting point or beginning of a matter.)
5. 物体的残余部分。
([En.] The leftover part of an object.)
6. 以前，在前面的。
([En.] Previously, the part which is in front.)
7. 次序在前，第一。
([En.] The first in order or sequence.)
8. 首领。
([En.] Leader.)
9. 方面。
([En.] Aspect.)
10. 临，接近。
([En.] To arrive at or approach.)
11. 量词，多指牲畜。
([En.] A measure word, often referring to livestock.)
12. 表示约计、不定数量的词。
([En.] Indicates an approximate or indefinite quantity.)
13. （头）名词后缀（接于名词、动词、形容词词根）。
([En.] A noun suffix attached to noun, verb, or adjective roots.)
14. （头）方位词后缀（如“上头”，“里头”，“后头”）。
([En.] A positional suffix (e.g. "above," "inside," "behind").)
引文：
1. 《说文》: 头，首也。
2. 《春秋·元命》: 苞头者，神所居。
3. 《礼记·玉藻》: 头容直。
4. 《仪礼·士相见礼》: 左头奉之。
5. 杀人者刎头。——《公羊传》注
6. 晋· 干宝《搜神记》: 王购子头千金。
7. 将子头与剑来。
8. 唐· 白居易《卖炭翁》: 系向牛头充炭直。
9. 唐· 李白《静夜思》: 举头望明月。
10. 低头思故乡。
例句：
头直上（头顶上）；光头（剃光的头）；头大（形容遇到困难头昏脑胀的样子）；头抵（敌对）；头昏脑闷（头脑昏晕）。
动词
1. 磕头（旧时的一种跪拜礼）。
([En.] To kowtow; an ancient form of worship.)
2. （方）临到；接近。
([En.] To arrive at; to be near.)
量词
1. 件，桩。
([En.] Piece, item.)
2. 如：多用以计算牲畜。
([En.] For instance, often used to count livestock.)
例句：
如：一头牛；三头猪。
助词
置于方位词后，表处所可不译。
([En.] Placed after positional words, indicating location, often not translated.)
to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work
to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
faucet / water tap / bicycle handle bar / chief (esp. of gang) / boss / decision maker / (market) leader (of companies) / front end of mud-flow / figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龍船|龙船
first letter of a word or serial number / first character of a Chinese word / first digit of a number / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban
lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom
lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc) / showering down
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
break off both ends / do away with unnecessary parts at both ends / leave out the beginning and the end / nip off unwanted parts / remove the superfluous part
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Input Method for 头
Pinyin
tou2
Wubi
udi
Cangjie
yk
Zhengma
tdgd
Four Corner
34800
Unicode
U+5934
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category