首

On the HSK 4 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B1.

shǒu ㄕㄡˇ

    • head
    • chief
    • first (occasion, thing etc)
    • classifier for poems, songs etc

Classifiers (measure words)

Other words read shǒu

In the same tone

  • 手 shǒu hand
  • 守 shǒu guard
  • 艏 shǒu bow of a ship
  • 扌 shǒu "hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

shou with other tones

  • 受 shòu receive
  • 收 shōu receive
  • 授 shòu confer
  • 兽 shòu beast
  • 瘦 shòu thin

All 14 words read shou in any tone

Other words read shǒu

In the same tone

  • 手 shǒu hand
  • 守 shǒu guard
  • 艏 shǒu bow of a ship
  • 扌 shǒu "hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

shou with other tones

  • 受 shòu receive
  • 收 shōu receive
  • 授 shòu confer
  • 獸 shòu beast
  • 瘦 shòu thin

All 14 words read shou in any tone

How 首 is written

    部首 radical
    首
    笔画 strokes
    9
    结构 structure
    独体字

    首 as a 部首

    首 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 3 under 首. Look a character up by the 首 radical

    Words with 首

    Starting with 首

    All 76 words starting with 首

    Ending with 首

    All 53 words ending with 首

    Containing 首

    • 石首市 shíshǒushì Shishou, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荆州市 jīngzhōushì, Hubei
    • 身首异处 shēnshǒuyìchù be decapitated
    • 昂首挺胸 ángshǒutǐngxiōng in fine mettle
    • 畏首畏尾 wèishǒuwèiwěi ever fearful and nervous
    • 何首乌 héshǒuwū Chinese knotweed

    All 28 words containing 首

    Words with 首

    Starting with 首

    All 76 words starting with 首

    Ending with 首

    All 53 words ending with 首

    Containing 首

    • 石首市 shíshǒushì Shishou, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荆州市 jīngzhōushì, Hubei
    • 身首異處 shēnshǒuyìchù be decapitated
    • 昂首挺胸 ángshǒutǐngxiōng in fine mettle
    • 畏首畏尾 wèishǒuwèiwěi ever fearful and nervous
    • 何首烏 héshǒuwū Chinese knotweed

    All 28 words containing 首

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