Info on the Kanji 首 | What's a Kanji? |
| neck, counter for songs and poems | |
| onyomi | SHU |
| kunyomi | kubi |
| stroke count | 9 |
| grade | 2 |
| jlpt level | N3 |
| Example words with 首 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 首くび kubi | obito |
| 一首いっしゅ isshu | tanka / poem |
| 期首きしゅ kishu | beginning of a term |
| 機首きしゅ kishu | nose |
| 起首きくび ki kubi | start / beginning / origin |
| 元首げんしゅ genshu | ruler / sovereign |
| 自首じしゅ jishu | surrender / give oneself up |
| 手首てくび tekubi | wrist |
| 首位しゅい shui | first place / head position / leading position |
| 首記しゅき shuki | abovementioned item / description at beginning of text or document |
| 首座くびざ kubi za | seat of honor / seat of honour / head of the table / head |
| 首紙くびかみ kubi kami | neckband / round upright collar |
| 首上くびうえ kubi ue | neckband / round upright collar |
| 首席しゅせき shuseki | head / chief / top student / head of the class / top seat / first desk |
| 首石くびいし kubi ishi | important stone in a construction |
| 首相しゅしょう shushou | prime minister / chancellor / premier |
| 首足くびあし kubi ashi | head and legs / the body |
| 首題くびだい kubi dai | the opening phrase of a letter or notice |
| 首長しゅちょう shuchou | head / chief |
| 首都しゅと shuto | capital city / metropolis |
| 小首しょうくび shou kubi | head |
| 上首うえくび ue kubi | chief / leader / guide |
| 寝首ねくび nekubi | head of a sleeping person |
| 生首なまくび nama kubi | freshly severed head |
| 船首せんしゅ senshu | bow / prow / stem |
| 足首あしくび ashikubi | ankle |
| 頭首とうしゅ toushu | boss / chief / manager |
| 馬首うまくび uma kubi | neck of a horse |
| 白首しろくび shiro kubi | woman who puts thick white powder on her neck / low class prostitute |
| 部首ぶしゅ bushu | radical |
| 落首らくくび raku kubi | lampoon / satirical poem |
| 元首相もとしゅしょう motoshushou | former prime minister / former chancellor |
| 首すじくびすじ kubi suji | nape of the neck / back of the neck / scruff of the neck |
| 首つりくびつり kubi tsuri | hanging |
| 首まきくびまき kubi maki | comforter / muffler / neckerchief / scarf / neckwear |
| 首回りくびまわり kubi mawari | around the neck / neck size |
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| Example Sentences with 首 |
| さて、斬首刑の時間だ。この世に言い残す事はないか。 自爆テロ犯はベナジル・ブット元首相に向けて発砲したが、弾はそれた。 ジブの裏帆とラダーを使って、バックしながら船首を進みたい方向に向けました。 ２００６年９月の軍事クーデターで失脚、事実上亡命中だったタイのタクシン元首相が２８日、約１年半ぶりに帰国した。 |
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