首

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首 U+9996, 首
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9996
← 馕
[U+9995] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 馗 →
[U+9997]
⾸ U+2FB8, ⾸
KANGXI RADICAL HEAD
← ⾷
[U+2FB7] 		Kangxi Radicals ⾹ →
[U+2FB9]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
9 strokes
Stroke order

Han character[edit]

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Radical 185 首

首 (Kangxi radical 185, 首+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹月山 (THBU), four-corner 80601, composition ⿱丷𦣻 or ⿱䒑自)

  1. Kangxi radical #185, ⾸.

Derived characters[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1427, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44489
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1953, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4500, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9996

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 首
alternative forms 𩠐
𦣻

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 首
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (首) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
道 *l'uːʔ
導 *duːs
首 *hljuʔ, *hljus

Simplified from 𩠐 (巛 → 丷). Originally pictographic (象形) of an animal with a long mouth and horns. In the oracle bone script, it appeared with or without hair (巛), but 𩠐, the form with hair, was the form that was perpetuated.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lu; cognate with Mizo lu (“head”). This word has also been compared with Proto-Austronesian *quluh (“head”) (Malay hulu) and Proto-Tai *klawꟲ ~ krawꟲ (“head; hair knot”) (Thai เกล้า (glâao, “hair; head”)), and was used by Sagart to support his Sino-Austronesian hypothesis. Compare 道 (OC *l'uːʔ, “path, road”) (with the same phonetic component) and its relationship with Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”).

This word was replaced by 頭 (OC *doː, “head”) by the Warring States period, possibly due to early homophony with 手 (OC *hnjɯwʔ, “hand”).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • siú - literary;
  • chhiú - vernacular.
Rime
Character 首
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 書九切
Baxter syuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕuwX/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiuX/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sau2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 首
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shǒu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syuwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥uʔ/
English head

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 首
Reading # 1/2
No. 11671
Phonetic
component 		首
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		首
Old
Chinese 		/*hljuʔ/

Definitions[edit]

首

  1. (archaic, anatomy) head
    Synonym: 頭／头
  2. chief; leader
  3. start; beginning
  4. first; best; highest
  5. prime; prior; primary
  6. side; direction
  7. Classifier for songs and poems. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 首 (“(classifier for songs)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 首, 支
Mandarin Taiwan 首
Guilin 首
Singapore 首
Cantonese Guangzhou 支, 隻
Hong Kong 首, 隻, 支
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 隻, 支
Macau 支
Guangzhou (Panyu) 隻
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 隻
Guangzhou (Conghua) 隻
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 支
Foshan 支
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 隻
Foshan (Shunde) 支
Foshan (Sanshui) 支
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 支
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 支
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 支
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 支
Zhuhai (Doumen) 支
Jiangmen (Baisha) 支
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 支
Taishan 條
Kaiping (Chikan) 條
Enping (Niujiang) 條
Heshan (Yayao) 隻
Dongguan 支
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 支
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 支
Dongguan (Qingxi) 條
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 隻
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 條
Conghua (Lütian) 隻
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 條
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 條
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 條
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 條
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 條
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 條
Southern Min Jinjiang 塊
Tainan 條, 首
Singapore (Hokkien) 條
Manila (Hokkien) 塊
Jieyang 條
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 首, 條
Wu Shanghai 隻
Xiang Changsha 隻
Dialectal synonyms of 頭 (“head”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 首, 元, 頭, 元首
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 頭, 頭部, 頭顱, 頭腦
Mandarin Beijing 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子, 腦殼兒, 腦殼, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子, 老屋子
Taiwan 頭, 腦袋
Tianjin 頭, 腦袋, 腦瓜子, 腦瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子, 腦袋瓜兒
Chengde 頭, 腦袋瓜兒
Tangshan 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒
Cangzhou 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦殼兒
Baoding 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
Shijiazhuang 頭, 腦袋
Ulanhot 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
Tongliao 腦袋
Chifeng 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
Bayanhot 頭, 腦袋
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
Heihe 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子
Qiqihar 頭, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒
Harbin 頭, 腦殼兒, 腦殼子, 腦子, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子
Jiamusi 頭, 腦瓜兒, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
Baicheng 頭, 腦瓜兒, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
Changchun 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
Tonghua 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
Shenyang 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
Dandong 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
Jinzhou 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
Dalian 頭
Yantai 頭
Yantai (Muping) 頭, 腦袋瓜子 derogatory
Qingdao 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
Lijin 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
Zhucheng 頭
Jinan 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子, 腦瓜子, 腦瓜兒
Jining 頭
Luoyang 頭, 低腦
Wanrong 得腦
Shangqiu 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒
Yuanyang 頭, 腦袋, 腦瓜兒
Zhengzhou 頭, 腦袋
Kaifeng 腦袋
Lingbao 頭
Xinyang 頭
Baihe 頭, 腦袋, 腦瓜兒
Hanzhong 頭, 腦袋, 腦殼
Xi'an 𦠿, 頭, 腦袋, 脊囊
Baoji 頭, 多腦
Yinchuan 頭
Tianshui 頭, 多腦
Lanzhou 頭, 頭蛋骨, 得勒 derogatory
Dunhuang 頭, 腦瓜子, 腦勺, 腦勺殼子
Xining 頭, 腦袋, 朵落
Hami 頭, 腦袋
Ürümqi 頭, 腦瓜子
Ürümqi (Xigou) 頭
Ürümqi (Changshanzi) 頭
Wuhan 頭, 腦殼, 腦瓜子
Yichang 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
Xiangyang 頭, 腦袋, 腦殼
Tianmen 頭, 腦袋, 腦殼
Hong'an 頭, 腦殼, 腦袋
Chengdu 腦殼
Nanchong 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
Dazhou 腦殼
Hanyuan 腦殼
Xichang 腦殼, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
Zigong 頭, 腦殼
Chongqing 腦殼, 沙罐兒
Guiyang 腦殼
Zunyi 腦袋, 腦殼兒
Bijie 腦殼
Liping 腦袋, 腦殼
Zhaotong 腦殼
Dali 腦殼
Kunming 頭, 腦殼, 腦袋
Mengzi 頭, 腦殼
Guilin 頭, 腦殼
Liuzhou 頭, 頭殼, 腦殼
Tianlin (Langping) 腦殼
Jishou 頭, 腦殼
Changde 腦殼
Anqing 頭, 腦袋瓜
Xuzhou 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子, 棗木 dated, humorous
Fuyang 頭, 腦袋
Wuhu 頭
Yangzhou 頭
Lianyungang 頭
Lianshui 頭, 腦袋瓜子
Xinghua 頭
Nanjing 頭, 頭兒
Hefei 頭
Nantong 頭
Singapore 頭
Mae Salong (Lancang) 頭, 腦袋
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 頭, 腦袋
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 腦袋
Cantonese Guangzhou 頭, 頭殼
Hong Kong 頭, 頭殼
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 頭殼
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 頭殼
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 頭
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 頭
Macau 頭
Guangzhou (Panyu) 頭, 頭殼
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 頭
Guangzhou (Conghua) 頭
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 頭, 頭殼
Foshan 頭, 頭殼
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 頭
Foshan (Shunde) 頭
Foshan (Sanshui) 頭殼
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 頭
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 頭
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 頭
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 頭
Zhuhai (Doumen) 頭, 頭殼
Jiangmen (Baisha) 頭
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 頭
Taishan 頭
Kaiping (Chikan) 頭
Enping (Niujiang) 頭
Heshan (Yayao) 頭
Dongguan 腦殼, 頭
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 頭殼
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 頭
Qingyuan 頭
Fogang 頭
Yingde (Hanguang) 頭殼
Yangshan 頭
Lianshan (Butian) 頭
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 頭
Shaoguan 頭, 頭殼
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頭
Renhua 頭乸殼
Lechang 頭
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 頭
Sihui 頭
Guangning 頭
Deqing 頭
Huaiji 頭, 羅殼
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 頭
Yunfu 頭, 頭殼
Xinxing 頭, 頭殼
Luoding 頭
Yunan (Pingtai) 頭
Yangjiang 頭殼
Xinyi 頭, 頭殼
Maoming (Xinpo) 頭, 頭殼
Lianjiang 頭, 頭殼
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 頭
Nanning 頭, 頭殼
Wuzhou 頭
Yulin 頭, 頭殼
Hepu (Lianzhou) 頭殼
Hepu (Shatian) 頭骨
Guiping 頭
Mengshan (Xihe) 頭
Guigang (Nanjiang) 頭
Baise 頭
Bobai 頭
Lingshan 頭
Pubei 頭
Qinzhou 頭
Beihai 頭
Beihai (Nankang) 頭殼
Beihai (Yingpan) 頭殼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 頭
Ningming 頭
Hengzhou 頭
Hezhou (Pumen) 頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 頭
Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) 頭
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 頭
Singapore (Guangfu) 頭
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 頭
Móng Cái 頭
Gan Nanchang 頭, 腦蓋
Lichuan 頭, 腦
Pingxiang 腦殼
Hakka Meixian 頭那
Xingning 頭那
Dabu (Xihe) 頭那
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 頭, 頭那, 頭殼
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 頭那, 頭
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 頭那, 頭
Huiyang 頭那
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 頭那, 頭
Huidong (Daling) 頭那
Dongguan (Qingxi) 頭那
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 頭那
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 頭那, 頭
Boluo (Bendihua) 頭, 那殼
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 頭那
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 頭
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 頭那
Wuhua (Huacheng) 頭那, 頭
Wuhua (Changbu) 頭那
Wuhua (Mianyang) 頭那
Wuhua (Meilin) 頭那
Heyuan (Bendihua) 頭, 頭那
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 頭那
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 頭, 頭那
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 頭那
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 頭那
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 頭那
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 頭, 頭那
Wengyuan 頭那
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頭那
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 頭, 頭那
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 頭那, 頭
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 頭那
Liannan 頭
Conghua (Lütian) 頭
Jiexi 頭那
Luhe 頭那
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 頭那
Changting 頭那
Wuping 頭那
Wuping (Yanqian) 頭那
Wuping (Pingyu) 頭那
Liancheng 頭那
Ninghua 腦殼
Yudu 頭, 腦蓋, 腦殼
Ningdu 腦蓋
Ruijin 腦蓋, 頭那殼
Shicheng 腦蓋, 腦殼
Shangyou (Shexi) 腦蓋
Tonggu (Sandu) 頭那
Ganzhou (Panlong) 腦蓋
Dayu 腦骨窠
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 頭那
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 頭那
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 頭那
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 頭那
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 頭那
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頭那
Hong Kong 頭那
Yangxi (Tangkou) 頭
Yangchun (Sanjia) 頭殼
Xinyi (Sihe) 頭
Xinyi (Qianpai) 頭
Gaozhou (Xindong) 頭, 頭殼
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 頭殼
Huazhou (Xin'an) 頭殼
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 頭殼
Lianjiang (Qingping) 頭殼
Mengshan (Xihe) 頭腦
Luchuan 頭殼
Luchuan (Daqiao) 頭
Bobai (Shahe) 頭, 頭殼
Beiliu (Tang'an) 頭那
Mashan (Pianlian) 頭那
Sabah (Longchuan) 頭那
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 頭那
Senai (Huiyang) 頭那
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 頭
Singkawang 頭那
Singapore (Meixian) 頭那
Singapore (Dabu) 頭那
Huizhou Jixi 頭, 腦殼
Shexian 頭, 頭腦殼
Jin Taiyuan 得腦, 頭, 腦袋, 乾骷髏 derogatory, 骷髏 derogatory
Pingyao 得腦
Yangyuan 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒
Datong 頭, 腦袋
Xinzhou 得腦, 頭, 腦袋
Lishi 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦
Linfen 得腦
Changzhi 頭, 腦袋, 得腦
Taibus (Baochang) 頭
Linhe 頭, 腦袋, 得腦
Jining 頭, 腦袋
Hohhot 頭, 腦袋, 得腦
Baotou 腦袋
Dongsheng 頭
Haibowan 腦袋
Erenhot 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
Pingshan 頭, 腦袋瓜兒
Zhangjiakou 頭, 腦袋
Handan 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子
Linzhou 頭, 得腦哦
Suide 頭, 腦
Northern Min Jian'ou 頭
Jian'ou (Dikou) 頭
Songxi 頭
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 頭
Jianyang 頭
Wuyishan 腦殼
Pucheng (Shibei) 頭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 頭, 頭腦, 頭首
Lianjiang 頭
Fuqing 頭
Gutian 頭
Pingnan 頭
Fu'an 頭
Ningde 頭子
Xiapu 頭
Shouning 頭
Zhouning 頭
Fuding 頭
Matsu 頭, 頭首
Southern Min Xiamen 頭, 頭殼
Xiamen (Tong'an) 頭殼
Quanzhou 頭, 頭殼
Jinjiang 頭殼
Hui'an 頭殼
Anxi 頭殼
Yongchun 頭殼
Dehua 頭殼
Zhangzhou 頭, 頭殼
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 頭殼
Hua'an 頭殼
Pinghe 頭殼
Zhangpu 頭殼
Yunxiao 頭碗
Zhao'an 頭殼
Dongshan 頭
Taipei 頭, 頭殼
Taipei (Wanhua) 頭殼
New Taipei (Sanxia) 頭, 頭殼
Kaohsiung 頭, 頭殼
Yilan 頭, 頭殼
Changhua (Lukang) 頭, 頭殼
Taichung 頭殼
Taichung (Wuqi) 頭殼
Tainan 頭, 頭殼
Taitung 頭殼
Hsinchu 頭殼
Kinmen 頭殼
Penghu (Magong) 頭殼
Penang (Hokkien) 頭, 頭殼
Singapore (Hokkien) 頭, 頭殼
Manila (Hokkien) 頭, 頭殼
Longyan 頭殼
Datian 頭殼
Pingnan (Shangdu) 頭
Chaozhou 頭殼
Shantou 頭殼, 頭, 腦殼
Shantou (Chenghai) 頭殼
Shantou (Chaoyang) 頭, 頭殼
Jieyang 頭, 頭殼
Lufeng 頭殼
Haifeng 頭, 頭殼, 頭殼顱
Bangkok (Teochew) 頭
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 頭
Singapore (Teochew) 頭
Batam (Teochew) 頭
Leizhou 頭, 頭顱, 殼升
Wenchang 頭
Haikou 頭顱, 頭殼
Qionghai 頭, 頭顱
Puxian Min Putian 頭
Xianyou 頭
Fuding (Aoyao) 頭殼
Central Min Yong'an 頭殼, 頭
Sanyuan 頭殼
Shaxian 頭殼
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 頭殼
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 頭, 頭殼
Nanning (Xinxu) 頭
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 頭
Wu Shanghai 頭, 腦袋, 頭骷顱, 骷顱頭 often derogatory, 骷郎頭 often derogatory
Shanghai (Chongming) 頭爿
Suzhou 頭, 骷郎頭, 六斤四兩
Danyang 頭, 腦袋瓜, 頭骷郎
Hangzhou 頭, 腦頭瓜
Ningbo 骷顱頭, 骷郎頭, 頭, 骷顱頭甏 derogatory, 骷顱頭瓶 derogatory, 六斤四兩 humorous
Wenzhou 頭, 六斤四 secret
Jinhua 頭, 葫粒頭 humorous
Xiang Changsha 腦殼
Xiangxiang 腦殼
Loudi 腦殼
Shuangfeng 腦殼
Jiangyong 腦牯
Quanzhou 腦殼

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Rime
Character 首
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 舒救切
Baxter syuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕuwH/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiuH/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sau3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 首
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shǒu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syuwH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥uʔ-s/
English turn the head towards

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 首
Reading # 2/2
No. 11672
Phonetic
component 		首
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		狩
Old
Chinese 		/*hljus/

Definitions[edit]

首

  1. † to report someone to the authorities; to plead guilty
    自首  ―  zìshǒu  ―  to turn oneself in; to give up; to surrender
  2. † to face (a direction)

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

首

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. neck
  2. counter for songs and poems
  3. beginning, first

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
首
くび
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
頸
頚

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kunpi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

首(くび) • (kubi) 

  1. neck (part of the body connecting head and torso)
  2. the neck and head as a whole
    Synonym: (as a trophy) 首級 (shukyū)
    首(くび)無(な)し
    kubinashi
    headless
    首(くび)を刎(は)ねる
    kubiohaneru
    to behead
  3. dismissal from employment
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
首
おびと
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2]

Shift from Old Japanese 大人 (opobito, “boss, chief”, literally “big person”).[2][3]

/opobito/ → /obito/

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

首(おびと) • (obito) 

  1. (archaic) one who rules or commands a group of people: a chief

See also[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
首
こうべ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2]

Analyzed as a shift from earlier kamipe, as a compound of either 上 (kami, “upper”) or 髪 (kami, “hair”) with the suffix 方 (he, “location”).[2][3]

/kamipe/ → /kampe/ → /kaube/ → /kɔːbe/ → /koːbe/

Noun[edit]

首(こうべ) • (kōbe) ←かうべ (kaube)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 頭 (“head”) (part of the body)
    • 2021 September 10, Eve (lyrics and music), “遊生夢死 [Live Playing, Die Dreaming]”:
      遊(ゆう)生(せい)夢(ぼう)死(し)
      才能ない脳内 唱えよシスターズ
      首(こうべ)を垂れることしかないの
      Yūsei bōshi
      Sainō nai nōnai tonaeyo shisutāzu
      Kōbe o tareru koto shika nai no
      Live playing, die dreaming
      Chant inside my talentless brain, sisters
      All I can do is bow down

Etymology 4[edit]

Kanji in this term
首
しゅ
Grade: 2
goon

From Middle Chinese 首 (MC syuwX|syuwH).

Pronunciation[edit]

Counter[edit]

首(しゅ) • (-shu) 

  1. poems and songs

Noun[edit]

首(しゅ) • (shu) 

  1. (rare) the first one; a lord

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 首 (MC syuwX). Recorded as Middle Korean 슈〮 (syú) (Yale: syu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

首 (eumhun 머리 수 (meori su))

  1. Hanja form? of 수 (“head”).

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

References[edit]

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

首: Hán Nôm readings: thủ, thú

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