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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Simplified from 𩠐 ( → ). Originally Phono-semantic compound (形聲):  + 𦣻.

首 首 首 首
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Han character [edit]

(radical 185 +0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹月山 (THBU), four-corner 80601)

  1. head
  2. first
  3. leader, chief
  4. a poem

Derived terms [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1427, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44489
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1953, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4500, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9996

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale sau2)


Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ shíu, Guangdong shu3, shiu3 [Meixian], s'iu3 [Hailu, Kwangtung], sii3 [Siyan], su3, siu3 [Bao'an], Hagfa Pinyim su3)

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana くび, romaji kubi)

  1. neck (part of the body connecting head and torso)
  2. the neck and head as a whole
Compounds [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana おびと, romaji obito)

  1. (archaic) one who rules or commands a group of people; a chief

Etymology 3 [edit]

kamipe > kampe > kaube > koːbe. Compound of either kami (upper) or kami (hair) with the suffix pe (location).

Noun [edit]

(hiragana こうべ, romaji kōbe, historical hiragana かうべ)

  1. (part of the body) head

Etymology 4 [edit]

Counter [edit]

(hiragana しゅ, romaji -shu)

  1. poems and songs

See also [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: su, McCune-Reischauer: su, Yale: swu)
  • Name (hangeul): 머리 (revised: meori, McCune-Reischauer: mŏri)

Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin qiú (qiu2), shǒu (shou3), Wade-Giles ch'iu2, shou3)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(thủ, thú)