点头

Character by character

• 点diǎn9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 點dot, speck, spot; point, degree
• 头tóu5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 頭head; top; chief, first; boss

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 点头. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 点diǎnHSK 1

  point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items

• 头tóuHSK 2

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

• 重点zhòng diǎnHSK 2

  important point; main point; focus; key (project etc); to focus on; to put the emphasis on

• 头发tóu faHSK 2

  hair (on the head)

• 地点dì diǎnHSK 1

  place; site; location; venue

• 观点guān diǎnHSK 2

  point of view; viewpoint; standpoint

• 镜头jìng tóuHSK 4

  camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene

• 回头huí tóuHSK 5

  to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by

• 石头shí touHSK 3

  stone

• 头部tóu bùHSK 7

  head

• 特点tè diǎnHSK 2

  characteristic (feature); trait; feature

• 街头jiē tóuHSK 6

  street

• 码头mǎ tóuHSK 5

  dock; pier; wharf

• 头脑tóu nǎoHSK 3

  brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss

• 焦点jiāo diǎnHSK 6

  focal point; focus (lit. and fig.)

• 缺点quē diǎnHSK 3

  weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage

• 骨头gǔ touHSK 4

  bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou]

• 优点yōu diǎnHSK 3

  merit; benefit; strong point; advantage

• 念头niàn touHSK 7

  thought; idea; intention

• 头疼tóu téngHSK 6

  headache

• 丫头yā touHSK 7

  girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)

• 舌头shé touHSK 6

  tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information

• 抬头tái tóuHSK 5

  to raise one's head; to gain ground; account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc

• 终点zhōng diǎnHSK 5

  the end; end point; finishing line (in a race); destination; terminus