秃瓢
tū​piáo

bald head

秃 tū bald Simplified

Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 几

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
几
几 Meaning component
jǐ, jī small table

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

颓

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

颓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodetuk

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

瓢 piáo ladle made from dried gourd

Phonosemantic compound. 瓜 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

瓜
瓜 Meaning component
guā melon
票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjiew(Cə.)[b]ewgourd
Zhengzhangbew
Unicodebhiɛu

說文解字

蠡也。从瓠省，㶾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

禿 tū bald Traditional

Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 儿

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
儿
儿 Meaning component
r, ér child

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

頹

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

頹

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthuwk[tʰ]ˤokbald
Zhengzhangtʰoːɡ

說文解字

無髮也。从人，上象禾粟之形，取其聲。凡禿之屬皆从禿。王育說：蒼頡出見禿人伏禾中，因以制字。未知其審。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)