(shǒu)

head/first/classifier for songs or poems

How 首 is written

Strokes
9
Traditional
Simplified
(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

我很喜歡這首歌。

Wǒ hěn xǐhuān zhè shǒu gē.

“I really like this song.”

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

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