秃 tū bald
bald; barren; bare; blunt
How it came to be
Grain set on a standing figure, a head with a few stalks left and the rest of the field cut. The joke is in the drawing, and it is three thousand years old.
用法
- Bald / bare / blunt - 秃头 (tūtóu) bald head, 秃顶 (tūdǐng) balding on top, 秃山 (tūshān) a barren, treeless hill, 秃笔 (tūbǐ) a worn-out brush.
- 秃鹫 (tūjiù) is a vulture. Also internet slang 谢顶/秃 for programmers 'going bald' from overwork.