Hair in Chinese (Mandarin): 头发 (tóufa)
头发
tóufa
hair
- Simplified
- 头发
- Traditional
- 頭髮
- Pinyin
- tóufa
- Typed as
- toufa
Use it in a sentence
我的头发很长。
我的頭髮很長。
My hair is long.
The characters in 头发
头 / 頭
Head.
5 strokes
发 / 髮
Hair; read fā, it means to send.
5 strokes
Say 发 short and light: tóu-fa. A haircut is 剪头发 (jiǎn tóufa). In Traditional, hair is 髮 but send is 發.
More examples with 头发
妈妈给我梳头发。
媽媽給我梳頭髮。
Māma gěi wǒ shū tóufa.
Mom combs my hair.
爷爷的头发是白色的。
爺爺的頭髮是白色的。
Yéye de tóufa shì báisè de.
Grandpa's hair is white.
How to write 头发 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
头 5 strokes
发 5 strokes
In Traditional characters:
頭 16 strokes
髮 15 strokes
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