头

tóu = t + ou2

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

头 = ⺀ + 大 : Tecumseh (t) is inspecting is depiction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He's depicted as having a skull (mnemonic symbol for 头) head (头) with two petal leaves (⺀) in the eye holes, and having a robot (大) body.

头

頭

tou = t + ou5

suffix for nouns

头 character breakdown

头
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- ⺀
  - 丶

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

⺀

Character component without intrinsic meaning

⺀ = 丶 : Two petals form a blossom, so let's represent ⺀ by a beautiful blossom.

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 头 as component

买

買

mǎi = m + ai3

to buy / to purchase

买 = ㇖ + 头 : Mahatma Gandhi visits the airplane. He sees a neat skull and a nice sickle, and he asks for the price, because he wants to buy them both.

卖

賣

mài = m + ai4

to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt

卖 = 十 + ㇖ + 头 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) wants to get rid of his worldly possessions and sets up a flea market in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). He displays a cross (十), a sickle (㇖) and a skull (头) which he wants to sell (卖), so he attached price tags to all of them.

实

實

shí = sh + Ø2

real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely

实 = 头 + 宀 : Sherlock Holmes welcomes professor Skull just inside the entrance of the space station. Professor Skull has not a complete head but only a skull, and a solid understanding of solid state physics. She really is an honest person and still wears her graduation cap.

Words with 头

势

头

头 character breakdown

Characters with 头 as component

Words with 头

Sentences with 头