首 shǒu▶ head, chief

Stroke order

首 is written in 9 strokes.

• 首

Senses

1. head
2. chief
3. first (occasion, thing etc)
4. classifier for poems, songs etc

Related words

• 元首The heads of a state
• 首先First
• 首要chief; principal
• 首都capital
• 首饰jewelry

首 is pronounced shǒu and means “head, chief”.

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