头
頭tou
#147 most
frequent character
suffix for nouns
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
头 is a shorthand for 頭, which combined 豆 dòu with 頁 'head'. Its first sense was 'a person's head'. From there it grew to 'head; main', 'leading', and 'endpoint or top'.
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