蠶頭

Chinese

		silkworm	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (蠶頭)		蠶	頭
simp. (蚕头)		蚕	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cántóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cántóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cántóu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-tʻou²
    • Yale: tsán-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarntour
    • Palladius: цаньтоу (canʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

蠶頭

1. (calligraphy) dense flourish on the left side of a major stroke in clerical script

   Coordinate term: 燕尾 (yànwěi)

Derived terms

• 蠶頭燕尾／蚕头燕尾