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What's the head-to-body ratio?

The so-called head-to-body ratio refers to the ratio of a person's head length (the distance from the top of his head to his chin, excluding the thickness of his hair) to his height. For example, the head-to-height ratio of Jiuti is 1: 9. The head-to-body ratio of realistic cartoons is generally 6.5, and that of beautification cartoons is usually above 7.5.

The average figure ratio of East Asians is about 6.75, while that of Europeans and Americans is about 7. 15, and the average figure of men and women is almost the same. Generally speaking, Asians of the same height have better body proportions than Europeans and Americans of the same height, and women of the same height have better body proportions than men of the same height, because the former has smaller heads than the latter.

From the perspective of human aesthetics, the clean body length of seven heads is the closest to the proportion of ordinary people, and it looks neither long nor short. The most beautiful ratio is that the net body length is between 7.5 and 8 heads, the net body length of 7.5 heads is the most beautiful ratio, and the net body length of 8 heads is the golden ratio, which is the most perfect. Great and wise sculptors in ancient Greece have already discovered the golden ratio of 8 and created many works that shocked the world.

Extended data:

1, up-and-down ratio: taking the navel as the boundary, the up-and-down ratio should be 5 to 8, which conforms to the golden section law.

2, bust: measured from the armpit along the top of the chest, bust should be half the height.

3. Waist circumference: Under normal circumstances, measure the thinnest part of the waist. Waist is 20 cm smaller than bust.

4, hip circumference: in front of the body, the pubic bone is parallel to the largest part of the hip. The hip circumference is 4 cm larger than the chest circumference.

5, thigh circumference: at the top of the thigh, under the hip crease line. The thigh circumference is smaller than the waist circumference 10 cm.

6, calf circumference: calf fullness. The calf circumference is 20 cm smaller than the thigh circumference.

7. Foot neck circumference: at the thinnest part of the foot neck. The ankle circumference is smaller, and the leg circumference is smaller 10 cm.

8. Upper arm circumference: between shoulder joint and elbow joint. The upper arm circumference is equal to half the thigh circumference.

9. Neck circumference: The thinnest part in the middle of the neck. Neck circumference equals calf circumference.

10, shoulder width: the distance between two acromions. The shoulder width is equal to half the bust minus 4 cm.