秃

禿
tū
HSK 6
#2,516 most
frequent character
bald, blunt
adjective

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

秃 began as a drawing of a person with hair, meaning 'bald'. The person is now 几 and the hair 禾. From 'bald' it grew to 'bare' and 'incomplete'.

Drawn as: person; hair

秃 as a component in other characters

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Example Sentences

他头上秃了。
tā tóu shàng tū le 。
He is bald on top.
这把刀的刀刃非常秃。
zhè bǎ dāo de dāorèn fēicháng tū 。
The blade of this knife is very blunt.
她的头发越来越秃了。
tāde tóufà yuèláiyuè tū le 。
Her hair is becoming increasingly bald.

Words with similar meanings

光秃guāngtū
bald
A more colloquial term for bald, often used to describe a completely hairless head.
无发wúfā
hairless
A more formal way to describe the state of being without hair.

Homophones

突tū
to dash, to move forward quickly

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