抬 tái
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 台 platform
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
抬头
táitóu
to raise one's head
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 请抬头看。 Qǐng táitóu kàn. Please lift your head and look.
- 他抬头笑。 Tā táitóu xiào. He raises his head and smiles.
- 抬头看天。 Táitóu kàn tiān. Look up at the sky.