舌头 shétou▶ Lưỡi

Stroke order

舌头 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 舌 — 6 strokes
• 头 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. tongue
2. enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information

Related words

• 口头bằng miệng; miệng
• 拳头nắm đấm
• 枕头Gối
• 码头bến tàu
• 镜头Ống kính máy ảnh
• 水龙头vòi nước

舌头 is pronounced shétou and means “Lưỡi”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 舌头 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.