頭 (tóu) — the head; the head end of a thing

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字

頭 character · TOCFL 1

頭＝頁＋豆

ㄊㄡˊ · tóu

noun — the head; the head end of a thing

字源 FORM — what the parts do

頁義a head — the old graph draws a big head on a kneeling body

豆聲dòu — gives the soundoriginally a stemmed serving dish, then the bean

{d,t}ITdòu → tóu — the {d,t} crossing; tone shifts too

A head (頁) with 豆 for sound, d worn to t. From the head on the shoulders to the head of anything — 前頭、街頭 — and then to nearly nothing: the weightless tail in 石頭、木頭.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

他低著頭（頁）找鑰匙，一頭撞上了門。

Head (頁) down, hunting for the keys — straight into the door.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)頭— the head常用

→前頭、街頭— the head end of a thing

⇒頭一次— first — at the head of the line

⇒石頭、木頭— the weightless noun tail

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension