Sunday, December 28, 2025

Amazing Chinese characters (785) Head - 头(頭)

The shell bone script of character Head is

The left is character Bean - 豆 (Post 174), the right is character Page - 页 (Post 257). In the Shang Dynasty, people steamed the head of captive or slave to worship ancestors and gods. The character Bean - 豆, is a cooking cauldron used to boil or steam foods. Here is to steam the human head for worshipping.

The big seal script of character Head is

Similar to bronze script.

The small seal script of character Head is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Head is

Similar to older scripts but most curves become straight lines.

The simplified song typeface of character Head is
It is from nowhere, completely disconnected with older scripts.

The pinyin of the character Head is Tou2.




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Amazing Chinese characters (785) Head - 头(頭)

The shell bone script of character Head is The left is character Bean - 豆 (Post 174), the right is character Page - 页 (Post 257). In the Sha...