Zi:頭

From Wenlin Dictionaries

(S​) [tóu] head; first; 頭​ tóufa hair [tou] ​頭 stone

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹tóu* [​] {A} n.headhair (style)top/end of sth.chief; headremnant; end; remainsaspect; sideboundspref. leading; first; previousTā ∼ liǎng nián zhù zài Shànghǎi. 他∼两年住在上海。 He lived in Shanghai the first two years.m. (for livestock/garlic)sì ∼ niú 四∼牛 four cowssān ∼ suàn 三∼蒜 three bulbs of garlicadv. 〈environment:〉 coll. before; prior toTā ∼ sì diǎnzhōng zǒu. 他∼四点钟走。 He's leaving before four o'clock.Tā ∼ shí nián jiù sǐ le. 她∼十年就死了。 She died 10 years ago.cons. NUM1 ∼ NUM2 between NUM1 and NUM2sān ∼ wǔqiān 三∼五千 between three and five thousand
tou [​] suf.nominal localizerhòu∼ 后∼ back; rearverbal nominalizer paired with ¹yǒuZhèr yǒu shénme kàn∼? 这儿有什么看∼? What's worth seeing here?

(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​:) The simple-form character ​ tóu ‘head’ (5 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 頭 (16 strokes), dropping the left-side full-form component ​, and replacing the right-side full-form component ​ with ​, which was later abbrev. to simply ​.
    Note: Intermediary simplified forms: 頭⿰​ → ⿰​ → ⿰​ → ​; the first 2 strokes ​ of ​ corresp. to the first 2 strokes of ​ (cf. ​ in ​𦣻/​ shǒu ‘head’); and the last 3 strokes (like ​) of ​ corresp. to the last 3 strokes of ​.
    Note: As a component ​ occurs in several unrelated (to 頭) simplified forms, replacing full-form components with a shape like ​ at the bottom; although ​ is not a trad. component of ​, the last 7 strokes of ​ are the same; the old abbrev. form ​ is of interest for the origin of the modern simple form ​/​.
    Compare: ​/​(​􁄿𧵽); ​/​(​􁏂), formerly also wr. ​; ​/​(​􁃄𧷵); ​/​(​􁅍𧶠).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​/頭(​􁟳) tóu ‘head’ combines ​(​􁟲𩑋) xié ‘head’, and ​(​􀵠􀵡𤽋) dòu ‘vessel/bean’ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​(​􁗌) shù ‘stand up straight’; ​(​􀵌) shù ‘stand up straight’; ​/​(​􀡖) shù ‘stand sth. up; vertical’; ​/​(​􀽾) shù ‘tree’.
    Compare: ​ dòu ‘(food) bean’ (​, ​), formerly wr. ​(​􁎈) shū ‘bean’, ​ (cf. ​).
    Compare: ​(​􀵠) dòu ‘covered ritual/food vessel’; ​(​􀵧𧯽) lǐ ‘sacrificial vessel’; ​(​􀑵􀑶𧰍) dēng ‘climb’.
    Compare: ​𦣻(​􁡖), ​(​􁡞𩠐) shǒu ‘head’; ​/​(​􁟲𩑋) xié ‘head’ (later used for ​ yè, cf. ​).
    Compare: ​/頭(​􁟳) tóu ← MC /du/; ​𦣻(​􁡖), ​(​􁡞𩠐) shǒu ← MC /ɕjuʔ/; cf. ​.
    Compare: ​/​(​􁟲𩑋) xié ← MC /ɣit/; ​(​􁡟) qǐ ← MC /khiʔ/ (SBGY); cf. ​.
    Compare: ​(​􂠜𤣫) dǒu; ​/​(​􀠁) dòu.
   
►references: Karlgren:GSR118e; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:7.4372.5; Mathews:6489; Guǎngyùn:214.26; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1404.20; EDOC:1
►components:
►Cantonese: tauh\
►stroke 頭 (... strokes)   
►list characters containing 頭 as a component
►list words containing 頭 (most common words first)
Unicode: U+982D
►web links for ‘頭’
search web for ‘頭’: ►Google ►GT ►Baidu ►Bing ►Yahoo


The Wenlin Zidian (namespace Zi)
URL: https://wenlin.co/wow/Zi:%E9%A0%AD
Refresh this page