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
- —艇首bow (of a boat)
- —艦首bow (of a warship)
- —鶴首looking forward to
- —首章beginning of a book
- —首記abovementioned item; description at beginning of (this) text or document
- —首巻first volume (of book)
- —黔首the people; the masses; the public; the great unwashed
- —頭首boss; chief; manager
- —縊首suicide by hanging
- —叩首kowtow
- —起首start; beginning; origin
- —上首chief; leader; guide
- —頓首respectfully yours; kowtowing; kowtow
- —首鼠being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence
- —黥首tattooing the forehead of a criminal (Edo-period punishment)
- —蛟首carved head of a mizuchi
- —首部beginning part; initial part; nose cone (missile)
- —首星brightest star in a constellation; Alpha
- —絞首台gallows
- —首脳者head; leading spirit