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HSK 2 · Body

头发

tóu fa

hair

Stroke order of 头发

2 characters, 10 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

头 · 5 strokes发 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

"头" head plus "发" hair: the hair growing on your head.

Parts: 头: head; 发: hair (simplified from 髮)

The characters in 头发

  • 头 tóu — head (5 strokes)
  • 发 fā — to send; to issue (5 strokes)

Example sentence

她的头发又黑又长。

Her hair is black and long.

Words with 头

头head点头to nod里头inside老头儿old man头脑brain; mind木头wood; log石头stone

Words with 发

出发to set off发现to discover; to find发to send; to issue发言to make a speech; statement发明to invent; invention沙发sofa理发to get a haircut发出to send out; to give off发表to publish发送to send发展to develop; development发达developed发动to start; to launch开发to develop发生to happen发烧to have a fever

More words: Body

头head脸face眼eye眼睛eye嘴mouth脚foot腿leg全身whole body背to carry on the back举手to raise one's hand点头to nod笑话joke; to laugh at笑话儿joke哭to cry

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