巨头

jù toú · HSK 7

big player

🏢 巨头 = 巨 giant + 头 head; a giant head at the top means the big boss or tycoon

巨 means huge and 头 means head or chief. The giant chief is the dominant player: a tycoon, magnate, or the leading company or country in a field.

头 — 页 (head/page) + 豆 (bean, phonetic)
The traditional form 頭 combines 頁 (xié), meaning 'head', with 豆 (dòu) as the phonetic component. 頁 itself originally depicted a person with an emphasized head. The simplified form 头 is a modern shorthand that replaces 豆+頁 with a simpler shape while keeping the same meaning of 'head' or 'top'.

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