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HSK 2 · Roads & streets

里头

lǐ tou

inside

Stroke order of 里头

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

里 · 7 strokes头 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

里 is a field 田 on earth 土 within; 头 has two dots over a big 大: the head or inner part.

Parts: 里 inside + 头 head/end

The characters in 里头

  • 里 lǐ — inside (7 strokes)
  • 头 tóu — head (5 strokes)

Example sentence

盒子里头有什么？

What's inside the box?

Words with 里

哪里where这里here那里there家里at home; family里inside里边inside夜里at night公里kilometre心里in one's heart; in one's mind里面inside

Words with 头

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

More words: Roads & streets

公路highway; road道路road; path路边roadside行人pedestrian街street问路to ask the way方向direction对面opposite边side; edge面前in front of到处everywhere

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