shǒu

首

chief, head, leader

HSK 3.0 · 4
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Words with 首

首先 shǒu xiān first (of all); in the first place HSK 3
首都 shǒu dū capital (city) HSK 3
首席 shǒu xí chief (representative, correspondent etc) HSK 6
首相 shǒu xiàng prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) HSK 6
首脑 shǒu nǎo head (of state); summit (meeting) HSK 6
首次 shǒu cì first; first time HSK 6
首批 shǒu pī first batch HSK 7–9
首要 shǒu yào the most important; of chief importance HSK 7–9
元首 yuán shǒu head of state HSK 7–9
首饰 shǒu shì jewelry; head ornament HSK 7–9
回首 huí shǒu to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past HSK 7–9
首府 shǒu fǔ capital city of an autonomous region HSK 7–9

Character facts

Radical
首
Parts
丷 + 自
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+9996

Ideographic: A deer's head 自 adorned with antlers 丷