首 | ||
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首 (U+9996) "head" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | shǒu | |
Bopomofo: | ㄕㄡˇ | |
Wade–Giles: | shou3 | |
Cantonese Yale: | sau2 | |
Jyutping: | sau2 | |
Japanese Kana: | シュ shu / シュウ shū (
on'yomi) くび kubi ( kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 수 su | |
Hán-Việt: | thủ, thú | |
Names | ||
Japanese name(s): | 首/くび kubi | |
Hangul: | 머리 meori | |
Stroke order animation | ||
Radical 185 or radical head (首部) meaning " head" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 20 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
首 is also the 187th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 首 |
+2 | 馗 |
+8 | 馘 |
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. [1] It is a second grade kanji [1]