Kanji1 / 9
首 kanji
neck, counter for songs and poems
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
シュ
Kun readings
くび
Words with 首
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3首相Popularprime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
- N3首都Popular(national) capital (city); metropolis
- N2部首Popularradical (of a kanji character)
- N1元首Popularsovereign; ruler; head of state
- N1自首Popularsurrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
- N1首脳Popularhead; leader; top; important part
- —一首Popularone tanka; one poem
- —機首Popularnose (of plane)
- —首長Popularhead (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
- —首班Popularhead; leader; prime minister
- —首尾Popularbeginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; course of events; dealing with something successfully
- —首謀Popularplotting; planning (crime, intrigue); ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
- —党首Popularparty leader
- —首位Popularfirst place; head position; leading position
- —首領Popularhead; chief; boss; leader
- —絞首刑Populardeath by hanging; execution by hanging
- —首都圏PopularGreater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)
- —首脳部Popularexecutives; top management; governing body
- —首席Popularhead; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
- —首唱Popularadvocacy; promotion