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首
shǒu
1. head
2. chief
3. first (occasion, thing etc)
4. classifier for poems, songs etc
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

首
shǒu
chief, head, leader
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

首届
shǒujiè
first session (of a conference etc)
首府
shǒufǔ
capital city of an autonomous region
首家
shǒujiā
first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc)
首尾
shǒuwěi
head and tail
首层
shǒucéng
first floor
首席
shǒuxí
chief (representative, correspondent etc)
陨首
yǔnshǒu
to offer one's life in sacrifice
首季
shǒujì
first season
门首
ménshǒu
doorway
首富
shǒufù
richest individual
面首
miànshǒu
handsome male companion
首先
shǒuxiān
first (of all)
HSK 4
首倡
shǒuchàng
to initiate
首例
shǒulì
first case
吉首
Jíshǒu
Jishou county level city and capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture [[湘西土家族苗族自治州<XiāngxīTǔjiāzúMiáozúzìzhìzhōu>]], Henan
螭首
chīshǒu
hornless dragon head (used as ornamentation, esp. gargoyles)
上首
shàngshǒu
seat of honor
首创
shǒuchuàng
to create
回首
huíshǒu
to turn around
聚首
jùshǒu
to gather

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
480
Word Frequency Rank
1,107 of 84,292
Radical Number
185

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