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Kanji Detail for 首 - "neck, head, leader"

首

  • Meaning

    首 means "neck, head, leader."

    1. Neck - The part connecting head and body.

    2. Head - The top part; the leader.

    3. Leader - The chief; the one in charge.

    4. First - The beginning; the start.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    neck; counter for songs and poems

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    chief, head, leader

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The head. As in ancient ritual terms like 稽首 (kowtowing), 頓首 (bowing). Also, the common people were called 黔首. Referring to young and vigorous people with black hair who can serve the state. | A ruler. Found in the "Guangya." The head of state or monarch is called 元首. | A leader. As in calling a person who leads 首領 (chief). The first person is called 首. As in the first person to earn merit is called 首功. The wealthiest family is called 首富. And so on. | The foremost. As in calling the capital 首善之區. Meaning the first to set trends. | A section or piece. One poem or essay is called 一首. | Confessing one's own crime and reporting others' crimes is called 首. As in 出首 (report a crime), 自首 (turn oneself in).
  • Onyomitip

    shu(しゅ) しゅ

  • Kunyomitip

    haji.me(はじめ) はじめ

    kashira(かしら) かしら

    koube(こうべ) こうべ

    kubi(くび) くび

    mou.su(もうす) もうす

  • Strokestip

    9 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    首 (kubi)

  • Related Keywords
    neck head leader chief top first beginning start capital principal foremost primary summit peak boss director commander counter poem

Sentences including 首

  • He is at the head of the class.

  • The capital of japan is tokyo.

  • He shall be fired.

  • Bill was canned from his job last week.

  • Tom lost his job.

  • Tell me the reason why he was fired.

  • She has always been at the head of her class.

  • I think i'll go in for tennis.

  • The boy passed the examination with success.

  • He remained at the top of the class at school.

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