头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
头
tóu
first
Character
Example phrases
- 这是头一次。 Zhè shì tóu yí cì. This is the first time.
- 头三天很忙。 Tóu sān tiān hěn máng. The first three days are busy.
- 头两年很难。 Tóu liǎng nián hěn nán. The first two years are hard.