首 (shǒu)

How 首 is written

Strokes

9

Traditional

首

Simplified

首 (unchanged)

Common words using 首

首頁 shǒuyè

home page (of a website); title page; front page

回首 huíshǒu

to turn around; to look back; to recollect

首先 shǒuxiān

first (of all); in the first place

首席 shǒuxí

chief (representative, correspondent etc)

首映 shǒuyìng

premiere (of a play or film); opening night; first-run

首次 shǒucì

first; first time; for the first time

首爾 shǒuěr

Seoul 서울, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005)

首發 shǒufā

first issue; first public showing

首要 shǒuyào

the most important; of chief importance

首選 shǒuxuǎn

first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations

首都 shǒudū

capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]

首領 shǒulǐng

head; boss; chief

首 in a sentence

How common is 首?

首 is the 481st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 75% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 首

• 回
• 先
• 席
• 映
• 次
• 爾
• 發
• 要
• 選
• 都
• 領