秃 (tū): bald (lacking hair or feathers), barren, bare, denuded, blunt (lacking a point)
秃 (tū) is a Chinese character meaning “bald (lacking hair or feathers).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (structural) and 几 (structural). It ranks #2434 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 秃 grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 几. Its radical form 禾 (grain) appears in many related characters such as 秋 (qiū, autumn), 科 (kē, branch of study), 租 (zū, to hire).
Definitions
- bald (lacking hair or feathers)
- barren
- bare
- denuded
- blunt (lacking a point)
Etymology & Origin
ideographicGrains of hair 禾 on a person's head 几
Decomposition: ⿱禾几 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秃头 | tū tóu | to bare one's head |
| 秃顶 | tū dǐng | bald head |
| 秃子 | tū zi | bald-headed person |
| 秃鹰 | tū yīng | vulture |
| 秃鹫 | tū jiù | vulture |
| 光秃秃 | guāng tū tū | bald |
| 指着和尚骂秃子 | zhǐ zhe hé shang mà tū zi | lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) |
| 对着和尚骂贼秃 | duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū | lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (saying) |
| 秃发 | tū fā | a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people |
| 秃宝盖 | tū bǎo gài | name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14) |
| 圆秃 | yuán tū | spot baldness (alopecia areata) |
| 秃鼻乌鸦 | tū bí wū yā | (bird species of China) rook (Corvus frugilegus) |
| 秃疮 | tū chuāng | (dialect) favus of the scalp (skin disease) |
| 秃鹳 | tū guàn | (bird species of China) lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) |
| 秃驴 | tū lǘ | (derog.) Buddhist monk |
秃 appears in 18 compound words: 67 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 秃 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
秃字由7笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
tū zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "秃" consists of seven strokes and has a very clever structure.
...反问媒体“化学反应” 杜兰特:赢球能让“秃鹰”闭嘴
. . . fǎn wèn méi tǐ huà xué fǎn yīng dù lán tè : yíng qiú néng ràng tū yīng bì zuǐ
...When asked by the media about "chemistry," Durant said: "Winning will shut the 'Bald Eagles' up."
他是个很安静的人，头顶有点秃。
Tā shì ge hěn ānjìng de rén, tóu dǐng yǒudiǎn tū.
He's a quiet man, a little bald on top.
他很年轻就开始秃头了。
Tā hěn niánqīng jiù kāishǐ tūtóu le.
He started going bald quite young.
我不明白为什么他全秃还要去理发店。
Wǒ bù míngbai wèishénme tā quán tū hái yào qù lǐfǎdiàn.
I don't understand why he goes to the barber's, as he is bald.
Character Family
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