首 — Chinese character
首
shǒu
chief, head, leader
- Pinyin
- shǒu
- Radical
- 185 ⾸ (Head)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 丷 自
- Formation
- ideographic — A deer's head 自 adorned with antlers 丷
- Japanese
- 首 as a kanji
Common words with 首
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 首先 | shǒu xiān | first of all; in the first place |
| 首次 | shǒu cì | first; first time |
| 首都 | shǒu dū | capital (city); 个 (gè) |
| 首页 (首頁) | shǒu yè | home page (of a website); title page |
| 首相 | shǒu xiàng | prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) |
| 首席 | shǒu xí | seat of honor; chief (representative, correspondent etc) |
| 首位 | shǒu wèi | first place |
| 首要 | shǒu yào | the most important; of chief importance |
| 首领 (首領) | shǒu lǐng | head; boss; chief |
| 首长 (首長) | shǒu zhǎng | senior official |
| 为首 (為首) | wéi shǒu | head; be headed by |
| 首脑 (首腦) | shǒu nǎo | head (of state); summit (meeting) |
English words written with 首
首 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 2 · Art of War 3 · I Ching 5 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 14
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 38
- Analects 10.13
- Analects 16.12
- Art of War 11.29
- Hexagram 8
- Hexagram 30
- Hexagram 36
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.