Memory phrase for the character: 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 protruding eyes is our leader and chief.

Radicals

大 big, hugeA person 人 with outspread arms 一 appears big.
头 head, leaderThe 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
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)
 
 
斧头 fǔ tóu  ax; hatchet
嚼舌头 jiáo shé tóu  to gossip; to argue unnecessarily
 

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