首

neck; chief; counter for songs and poems

9 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 98.

Readings

• シュ (on reading): 首相 (しゅしょう) prime minister; 首都 (しゅと) (national) capital (city)
• くび (kun reading): 首 (くび) neck; 手首 (てくび) wrist
• Read as a whole word: 匕首 (あいくち) dagger

Components

• 自
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• 目 radical eye
• 自 radical self
• 首 radical neck; head

Kanji containing 首

• 道 road-way
• 馗 road
• 馘 behead

Words using 首

• 首相 (しゅしょう) prime minister
• 首都 (しゅと) (national) capital (city)
• 首位 (しゅい) first place
• 首長 (しゅちょう) head (of organization, organisation)
• 首都圏 (しゅとけん) Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area
• 首 (くび) neck
• 手首 (てくび) wrist
• 足首 (あしくび) ankle
• 首輪 (くびわ) (animal) collar
• 生首 (なまくび) freshly severed head
• 匕首 (あいくち) dagger
• 首 (おびと) Obito (hereditary title, often given to powerful regional families)
• 首懸 (こうがけ) leather strap put across a horse's neck
• 首 (かしら) head (of a doll)
• 半首 (はつぶり) iron face guard that covers the forehead and cheeks (used in the Heian and Kamakura periods)

246 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists