首
首 — su
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 머리 수
- Romanization
- su
- English
- head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
- Mandarin
- shǒu
- Japanese on'yomi
- シュ, シュウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- くび
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #98 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 首 (185, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+9996
Korean example words with 首
- 참수斬首 Korean gloss: 목을 벰
- 봉수鳳首 Korean gloss: 봉황의 머리
- 선수船首 Korean gloss: 배의 앞부분
- 수긍首肯 Korean gloss: 옳다고 인정함
- 수부首富 Korean gloss: 으뜸가는 부자
- 함수艦首 Korean gloss: 군함의 앞머리
- 기수機首 Korean gloss: 비행기의 앞부분
- 당수黨首 Korean gloss: 정당의 우두머리
- 절수切首 Korean gloss: 목을 베는 처형
- 수번首番 Korean gloss: 상여꾼의 우두머리
- 수훈首勳 Korean gloss: 첫째가는 큰 공훈
- 수호首號 Korean gloss: 맨 처음의 호(號)
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 首
- 首相しゅしょう prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
- 首脳しゅのう head; leader; top
- 首都しゅと (national) capital (city); metropolis
- 党首とうしゅ party leader
- 首くび neck; head; dismissal (from a job)
- 首位しゅい first place; head position; leading position
- 首都圏しゅとけん Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)
- 元首げんしゅ sovereign; ruler; head of state
- 一首いっしゅ one tanka; one poem
- 首長しゅちょう head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh
- 足首あしくび ankle
- 手首てくび wrist
Other hanja read “수”
Other hanja with radical 首
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