Keyword
head
- chief
- leader
- Frequency
- #476
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
shǒu100%
Mnemonic
A deer's head 自 adorned with antlers 丷
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
首先
first of all; in the first place
首次
first; first time; for the first time
首都
capital (city)
首
head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
首页
home page (of a website); title page; front page; first page; fig. beginning; cover letter
首相
prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
首席
chief (representative, correspondent etc)
首位
first place
首尔
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 汉城 (Hànchéng))
首要
the most important; of chief importance
首领
head; boss; chief
首长
senior official
为首
head; be headed by
首脑
head (of state); summit (meeting); leader
元首
head of state
首届
first session (of a conference etc)
首度
first time
首府
capital city of an autonomous region
首批
first batch
首发
first issue; first public showing
首选
first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations
首创
to originate; to pioneer; to invent
首轮
first round (of a competition etc)
特首
chief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao); abbr. for 特别行政区首席执行官