首
首 — neck, counter for songs and poems
- JLPT
- JLPT N3
- Strokes
- 9
- Taught in
- School year 2
- Frequency
- #98 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- しゅ shu
- しゅ shu
- Kun'yomi
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- くび kubi
- くび kubi
Words that use 首
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 首 くび neck JLPT N4
- 首相 しゅしょう prime minister JLPT N3
- 首都 しゅと (national) capital (city) JLPT N3
- 手首 てくび wrist JLPT N2
- 部首 ぶしゅ radical (of a kanji character) JLPT N2
- 元首 げんしゅ sovereign JLPT N1
- 首飾り くびかざり necklace JLPT N1
- 首輪 くびわ (animal) collar JLPT N1
- 自首 じしゅ surrender (to the authorities) JLPT N1
- 首脳 しゅのう head JLPT N1