头

頭traditional

HSK 2#329 by frequencyradical 大

tou["n","q","m","k"]

suffix for nouns

tóu["n","q","m","k"]

head; the top; end; beginning or end; hair style; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock

Measure word: 个

Examples

我的头疼。

I have a headache.

小心碰头。

Mind your head.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.