Memory phrase for the character: 头
头
Meaning
leader, chief, boss, the top, head Pronunciation
tóu, tou
tou2, tou5
Explanation Big 大 with two protruding eyes 丶丶
Mnemonic
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The big one with the protruding eyes is our leader and chief. Radicals
大
big, huge A person 人 with spread arms 一 appears big.
头
head, leader The big 大 person with protruding staring eyes 丶丶 is the head and leader.
Vocabulary
汕头地区
Shàn tóu dì qū
Shantou prefecture, Guangdong
9679
磕头 kē tóu
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
7639
老婆孩子热炕头
lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou
wife kids and a warm bed (common saying); the simple and good life; longa est vita si plena est; la dolce vita
7602
头颅 tóu lú
head; skull
7564
头昏目眩
tóu hūn mù xuàn
(idiom) to faint and see stars
7436
头昏脑眩
tóu hūn nǎo xuàn
dizzying; it makes one's head spin
7435
叩头 kòu tóu
to kowtow (traditional greeting)
7402
叩头 kòu tóu
7320
叩头 kòu tóu
7319
斧头 fǔ tóu
ax; hatchet
7094
嚼舌头 jiáo shé tóu
to gossip; to argue unnecessarily
7002
嚼舌头 jiáo shé tóu
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