字頭

Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (字頭)		字	頭
simp. (字头)		字	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jī-thâu
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zy-deu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhtóu
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: dz̀-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhtour
    • Palladius: цзытоу (czytou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: jih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: jī-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy-deu
    • MiniDict: zy^去 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

字頭

1. radical of a Chinese character when on top
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) triad society