禿 meaning and stroke order
Bald
How to write 禿, stroke by stroke
7 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 禿
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- bald (lacking hair or feathers)
- barren; bare; denuded
- blunt (lacking a point)
- (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something
How 禿 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 儿.
Radical: 禾 (cereal), shared by 66 characters on this site.
How to remember 禿
Picture a person 儿 at the bottom with only a few stalks of grain 禾 left on top of the head. Just a few sparse strands remain, so the person is bald.
禿 (tū) describes things that have lost their hair, feathers, leaves, or point, such as a bald head, a bare mountain, or a worn-down pen tip. It often appears in compounds like 秃头 (tūtóu) and 秃鹰 (tūyīng). Example: 这支笔秃了。(Zhè zhī bǐ tū le.) This pen has gone blunt.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 禿 with 秀 (xiù, elegant). Both have 禾 on top, but 秀 has 乃 below while 禿 has 儿 below. Also keep the first tone: tū, not tú.
Common words with 禿
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Characters that contain 禿
Learning 禿 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 禿
How many strokes are in 禿?
禿 is written with 7 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 禿 mean?
禿 (tū) means bald. A common word with it is 秃头 (tūtóu), meaning "to bare one's head; to be bareheaded; to go bald".
How do you pronounce 禿?
禿 is pronounced tū, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 禿?
The radical of 禿 is 禾, which carries the idea of "cereal". Dictionaries list 禿 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 禿?
禿 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 秃, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is it rude to call someone 秃子 (tūzi)?
Yes, 秃子 is a blunt and often teasing word, much like calling someone baldy. To mention someone's hair loss politely, people usually say 头发少 (tóufa shǎo), meaning has little hair, or 谢顶 (xièdǐng).
Can 禿 describe things other than heads?
Yes. It works for bare land or trees, as in 秃山 (tūshān), a barren mountain, and for tools that lost their point, like a blunt pencil. It can also describe writing that ends abruptly or feels lacking.