Wood in Chinese (Mandarin): 木头 (mùtou)
木头
mùtou
wood
- Simplified
- 木头
- Traditional
- 木頭
- Pinyin
- mùtou
- Typed as
- mutou
Use it in a sentence
木头可以做桌子。
木頭可以做桌子。
Wood can be used to make a table.
The characters in 木头
木
Wood, tree. It began as a drawing of a tree with its roots.
4 strokes
头 / 頭
Head; here a word ending, said short and light.
5 strokes
Two 木 make 林 (lín, woods), and three make 森 (sēn, forest), as in 森林.
More examples with 木头
这张桌子是木头做的。
這張桌子是木頭做的。
Zhè zhāng zhuōzi shì mùtou zuò de.
This table is made of wood.
木头会浮在水上。
木頭會浮在水上。
Mùtou huì fú zài shuǐ shang.
Wood floats on water.
How to write 木头 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
木 4 strokes
头 5 strokes
In Traditional characters:
頭 16 strokes
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