秃 tū▶ bald, bare

HSK 6HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

Traditional

禿

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 秃 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中秃means bald. A man stands at the bathroom mirror, spots a thin patch on top, and sighs to his wife that he's going bald. You'd say it right then. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

秃 is written in 7 strokes.

• 秃

Senses

1. bald (lacking hair or feathers)
2. barren; bare; denuded
3. blunt (lacking a point)
4. (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something

Related words

• 透露disclose
• 突破breakthrough; to break through

秃 is pronounced tū and means “bald, bare”.