Radical 8

← 7 Radical 8 (U+2F07) 9 →
(U+4EA0) "lid, head"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:tóu (=頭/头)
Bopomofo:ㄊㄡˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:tour
Wade–Giles:tʻou2
Cantonese Yale:tàuh
Jyutping:tau4
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:thâu (col.)
thô͘ (lit.)
Japanese Kana:トウ tō (on'yomi)
Sino-Korean:두 do
Names
Chinese name(s):點橫/点横 diǎnhéng
文字頭/文字头 wénzìtóu
Japanese name(s):鍋蓋/なべぶた nabebuta
卦算冠/けいさんかんむり kēsankanmuri
Hangul:돼지해머리 dwaejihaemeori
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Radical 8 or radical lid (亠部), whose meaning as an independent word is unknown, but is often interpreted to be a "lid" when used as a radical, is radical 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals and consists of two strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 38 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 17th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.