Chinese citations of 字頭/字头 (zìtóu)
radical of a Chinese character when on top
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2016, 罗培源, 《赵孟頫〈洛神赋〉行书入门大字帖》, Wuhan: 崇文书局, →ISBN, page 36:
2018, 夏建平, 《规范楷书教程:中级版》, Jinan: 山东教育出版社, →ISBN, page 21:字头,在上下结构或上中下结构的字中,有两种形式:窄小和宽扁。窄小的字头,只是辅助的组件。宽扁的字头,多为罩下的组件,是一个字中最宽的部分,起着平衡这个字的作用。- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2019, 黄全信, editor, 《魏碑自学教程》 [A Self-Study Course in Wei Stone Inscriptions], Beijing: 华语教学出版社, →ISBN, page 21:部首分为:字头、字底、左旁、右旁、字框。- The radicals are divided into top, bottom, left-side, right-side and enclosure radicals.