扭头
niǔ toú · HSK 7
to turn one's head
🔄 扭 twist + 头 head = twist your head around = turn around
扭 — hand radical 扌 + 丑 (chǒu, phonetic)
扭 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 indicates an action done with the hand, while 丑 supplies the sound. It originally meant to twist or wrench by hand, and still carries senses like to turn, twist, or sprain.
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'.