字头 (zì tóu) — (dictionary) head character, entry headword; (linguistics) initial consonant of a syllable; (character structure) top component of a character
Definition
A linguistics term with two technical senses: the top component of a Chinese character (the 'radical' on top, in 结构) and the initial consonant of a Pinyin syllable (the 声母). Also used in lexicography for the headword of a dictionary entry.
noun
(dictionary) head characterentry headword(linguistics) initial consonant of a syllable(character structure) top component of a character
Examples
- 字头，。Zhè běn cí diǎn de zì tóu yòng hēi tǐ zì yìn shuā, fāng biàn chá zhǎo.The head characters in this dictionary are printed in bold for easy lookup.
- ，字头，“b”“”字头。Zài hàn yǔ pīn yīn zhōng, zì tóu zhǐ shēng mǔ bù fen, bǐ rú "b" shì "bà" de zì tóu.In Hanyu Pinyin, 字头 refers to the initial consonant, for example 'b' is the initial of 'bà'.
- 字头“⺮”，“”。Zhè ge hàn zì de zì tóu shì "⺮", xià miàn cái shì "máo".The top component of this character is '⺮', and below it is '毛'.
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