首

neck, counter for songs and poems

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シュ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

くび

Nanori (名乗り)

おびとこべす

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:9

JLPT:N3

Frequency:98

Vocabulary

シュ

Word	Reading	Meaning
機首	キシュ	nose (of plane)
元首	ゲンシュ	sovereign; ruler; head of state
自首	ジシュ	surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
首席	シュセキ	head; chief; chairman; governor; president; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
首相	シュショウ	prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一首	いっしゅ	one tanka; one poem
手首	てくび	wrist
足首	あしくび	ankle
縛り首	しばりくび	(death by) hanging
首肯く	うなずく	to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

shield, escutcheon, pretext

watch over, see

conserve, focus, government ministry

road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing

anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome

farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)

Grade 3JLPT N/A

blind, blind man, ignoramus

someone, person