| 亠 | |
|---|---|
| Radical 8 (U+2F07) | |
| (U+4EA0) "lid, head" | |
| Pinyin: | 頭 tóu |
| Bopomofo: | ㄊㄡˊ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | tour |
| Wade–Giles: | tʻou2 |
| Cantonese Yale: | tàuh |
| Jyutping: | tau4 |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | thâu (col.) thô͘ (lit.) |
| Hiragana: | なべぶた nabebuta |
| Kanji: | 鍋蓋 nabebuta |
| Hangul: | 자의미상 jauimisang |
| Sino-Korean: | 두 do |
| Stroke order animation | |
Radical 8 meaning "lid" is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 38 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.
There is a difference in Japanese and Chinese in printing typefaces for this radical. In the Kangxi Dictionary and in Japanese, a short vertical line on top of the horizontal line is used. In China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, a slanted dash, or Radical 3, on top of the horizontal line is also used.