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箭头 (jiàn tóu): Arrow (symbol or projectile) (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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箭头 consists of 2 characters.

箭 • jiàn • arrow • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

jiàn箭

arrow

头 • tóu • head; top, end; first • HSK 3.0 · L2

HSK 3.0 · L2

tóu头

head; top, end; first

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Pinyinjiàn tóu

Meaningarrow (symbol or projectile)

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxnoun

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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 箭头.

Words with 箭

火箭huǒ jiànrocket; fire arrow
射箭shè jiànarchery
弓箭gōng jiànbow and arrow
挡箭牌dǎng jiàn páishield, excuse
火箭筒huǒ jiàn tǒngrocket launcher

Words with 头

头发tóu fahair
头痛tóu tòngheadache; to have a headache
抬头tái tóuto raise one's head
点头diǎn tóuto nod
低头

dī tóu

to bow the head

木头mù touwood; log; timber

石头shí tourock; stone

里头lǐ touinside

3.

Example Sentences with 箭头

Lù路

biāo标

shàng上

yǒu有

yī一

gè个

jiàn箭

tóu头

zhǐ指

xiàng向

zuǒ左

biān边

。

There is an arrow on the sign pointing to the left.

Dì地

tú图

shàng上

de的

hóng红

sè色

jiàn箭

tóu头

biāo标

chū

出

le了

wǒ我

men们

de的

wèi位

zhì置

。

The red arrow on the map marks our location.