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首

neck
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingシュ
Kun readingくび
JōyōGrade 2
  1. head
  2. dismissal (from a job)
  3. firing
  4. sacking

Popular Usage

首相首都首輪元首首飾り

Radicals and components

Radical首headComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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horns · nose (鼻) · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · drop (丶) · eye (目)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 74

Compound words

首相しゅしょう
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
首都しゅと
capital (city); metropolis
元首げんしゅ
sovereign; ruler; head of state
首飾りくびかざり
necklace; choker
一首いっしゅ
one tanka; one poem
機首きしゅ
nose (of plane)
自首じしゅ
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
手首てくび
wrist
首長しゅちょう
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
首脳しゅのう
head; leader; top; important part
首班しゅはん
head; leader; prime minister
首尾しゅび
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; course of events
首謀しゅぼう
plotting; planning (crime, intrigue); ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
足首あしくび
ankle
党首とうしゅ
party leader
部首ぶしゅ
radical (of a kanji character)
乳首ちくび
nipple; teat
首位しゅい
first place; head position; leading position
首領しゅりょう
head; chief; boss; leader
絞首刑こうしゅけい
death by hanging; execution by hanging
首都圏しゅとけん
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)
縛り首しばりくび
(death by) hanging
首脳部しゅのうぶ
executives; top management; governing body

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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