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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-deu

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

single-character headword (in a dictionary)
radical of a Chinese character when on top
(Hong Kong Cantonese) triad society