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
头条
tóutiáo
headline; top news
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 这起判决次日登上各大媒体头条，引发广泛讨论。 Zhè qǐ pànjué cìrì dēngshàng gè dà méitǐ tóutiáo, yǐnfā guǎngfàn tǎolùn. The ruling made headlines across major media outlets the following day and sparked widespread discussion.
- 他的照片登上了报纸头条。 Tā de zhàopiàn dēngshàngle bàozhǐ tóutiáo. His photo made the newspaper's front-page headline.
- 这条新闻很快成为各大网站的头条。 Zhè tiáo xīnwén hěn kuài chéngwéi gè dà wǎngzhàn de tóutiáo. This news piece quickly became the top headline of major websites.