秃 meaning and stroke order
Bald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point)
How to write 秃, 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 秃
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 秃 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 几.
Radical: 禾 (cereal), shared by 66 characters on this site.
How to remember 秃
Picture a person 几 with only a few stalks of grain 禾 left on top of the head. The rest has fallen out, so the head is bald.
秃 (tū) describes a head without hair, a bird without feathers, a bare hill, or a pen or brush worn blunt. It appears in words like 秃顶 (tūdǐng) and 秃鹫 (tūjiù). Example: 他三十岁就开始秃顶了。(Tā sānshí suì jiù kāishǐ tūdǐng le.) He started going bald at thirty.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 秃 with 秀 (xiù, elegant), which has 乃 under 禾 instead of 几. Check the bottom part: 秃 ends in 几, and its tone is first tone, tū.
Common words with 秃
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
秃 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Characters that contain 秃
Learning 秃 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 秃
How many strokes are in 秃?
秃 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 秃 mean?
秃 (tū) means bald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point). 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 秃?
秃 is pronounced tū, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 秃?
The radical of 秃 is 禾, which carries the idea of "cereal". Dictionaries list 秃 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 秃?
The traditional form of 秃 is 禿. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 秃 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 秃 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 秃 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Is it rude to call someone 秃子?
Yes, 秃子 (tūzi) is a blunt and often teasing word, like baldy. To describe someone politely, say 他头发少 (tā tóufa shǎo), meaning he has thin hair, or use 秃顶 in a neutral description.
Can 秃 describe things other than heads?
Yes. A bare mountain is 秃山 (tū shān), a tree without leaves can be 秃了 (tū le), and a worn pencil or brush tip is also 秃. It can even describe writing that feels abrupt or unfinished.