头皮 (tóu pí) — (noun) scalp; (noun) dandruff

Definition

noun

scalpdandruff

Measure word · 块

头皮。
Wǒ měi tiān dōu yào xǐ tóu pí.
I need to wash my scalp every day.
头皮。
Zhè zhǒng xǐ fà shuǐ kě yǐ qù chú tóu pí.
This shampoo can remove dandruff.
，头皮。
Tiān qì tài gān le, wǒ de tóu pí yǒu diǎn yǎng.
The weather is too dry, my scalp is a bit itchy.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

The 头 top of the body and 皮 skin combine to mean the scalp, and sometimes flakes from it.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 頭; 头 is its simplified writing.

豆頁頭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

豆

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頭 shows 頁, meaning head, beside 豆 as a sound component; the simplified 头 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

皮 shows a hand pulling fur off an animal pelt, with the pelt drawn at the upper left.

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