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
- —首鼠両端を持すto be unable to make up one's mind; to sit on the fence
- —首都直下型地震Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
- —百人一首かるたHyakunin Isshu karuta; poetry cards based on the Hyakunin Isshu
- —アラブ首長国連邦United Arab Emirates; UAE
- —大統領首席補佐官chief of staff (of US president)
- —首都高速道路公団Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation
- —アイルランドの首相taoiseach; prime minister of Ireland
- —貫首chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
- —チ首carved head of a mizuchi
- —螭首carved head of a mizuchi
- —きゅう首going into a huddle
- —首尾良くsuccessfully; with success
- —首腦會合summit meeting; meeting of leaders
- —百人一首カルタHyakunin Isshu karuta; poetry cards based on the Hyakunin Isshu