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头 tóu — “head”

How to write and say the Chinese character 头 (tóu), which means head — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Me & my body.

Stroke order笔顺

头 is written with 5 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Simplified from 頭, where 页 means head — two little drops sit on top of 大 (big): the big part up top is your head.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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