木头

Character by character

• 木mù4 strokesHSK 3tree; wood, lumber; wooden
• 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.

Example sentences

• 一个木头碗。

  Yī gè mù tou wǎn

  A wooden bowl.

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Words with the same characters

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

• 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

• 头发tóu faHSK 2

  hair (on the head)

• 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

• 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

• 骨头gǔ touHSK 4

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

• 念头niàn touHSK 7

  thought; idea; intention

• 头疼tóu téngHSK 6

  headache

• 点头diǎn tóuHSK 2

  to nod

• 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

• 尽头jìn tóuHSK 7

  end; extremity; limit

• 摇头yáo tóuHSK 5

  to shake one's head

• 开头kāi tóuHSK 6

  beginning; to start

• 枕头zhěn touHSK 7

  pillow

• 头号tóu hàoHSK 7

  first rate; top rank; number one

• 低头dī tóuHSK 6

  to bow the head; to yield; to give in

• 拳头quán touHSK 7

  fist; clenched fist; competitive (product)

• 源头yuán tóuHSK 7

  source; fountainhead