舌头
shétou · HSK 6
tongue
👅 shé sounds like 'sheh' — a tongue going 'shhhh' + tou (head): the head of taste
The character 舌 shows a tongue poking out of a mouth. Add 头 (head/tip) and you get the full word for tongue — the little head-shaped muscle that does all your tasting and talking.
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'.