Memory phrase for the Kanji: 首

首

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Meaning head, neck, chief

Pronunciation

SHU
kubi

Explanation

Image of an eye 目 with emphasized eyebrows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief. [As a radical 頁 used without eye-brows 頁 with the meaning: head/forehead]

Mnemonic

Dense eyebrows above the eyes: The head (and neck) of the chief.

Radicals

首	head	Also this variation of head is used: 頁
目	eye
頁	(fore-)head, page	The radical oogai* stands for (fore-)head and is at the right side of the kanji. Also this character 首 is used for: head.*

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Vocabulary

首	くび	neck, head
首相	しゅしょう	Prime Minister
手首	てくび	wrist
元首	げんしゅ	ruler, sovereign
自首	じしゅ	surrender, give oneself up
部首	ぶしゅ	radical (of a kanji character)
首脳	しゅのう	head, brains
首輪	くびわ	necklace, choker
首都	しゅと	capital city

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