Memory phrase for the Kanji: 头

头

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Meaning leader, chief, boss, the top, head

Pronunciation

tóu, tou

Explanation

Big 大 with two protruding eyes 丶丶

Mnemonic
 
The big one with the protuding eyes is our leader and chief.

Radicals

大 big, huge
头 headThe big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶丶 is the leader.　
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 Vocabulary

 汕头地区  Shàn tóu dì qū  Shantou prefecture, Guangdong
 磕头  kē tóu  to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
 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
 头颅  tóu lú  head; skull
 头昏目眩  tóu hūn mù xuàn  (idiom) to faint and see stars
 头昏脑眩  tóu hūn nǎo xuàn  dizzying; it makes one's head spin
 叩头  kòu tóu  to kowtow (traditional greeting)
 叩头  kòu tóu  
 叩头  kòu tóu  
 斧头  fǔ tóu  ax; hatchet
 嚼舌头  jiáo shé tóu  to gossip; to argue unnecessarily
 嚼舌头  jiáo shé tóu  

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