Memory phrase for the character: 首

首

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Meaning

head, leader, chief

Pronunciation

shǒu

Explanation

 Image of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief.

Mnemonic
 
Thick eyebrows at the head of the leader.

Radicals

首 headThe eye 目 with the exaggerated eyebrows 首 stands for the: leader. The leader is also 头.
頁 head, leaderPicture of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows 頁 meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.




 Vocabulary

为首 wéi shǒu  head; be headed by
为首 wéi shǒu  
首字母拚音词 shǒu zì mǔ pīn yīn cí  acronym
翘首 qiáo shǒu  to raise one's head and look around (esp. at the state of the nation)
匕首 bǐ shǒu  dagger
帧首定界符 zhèng shǒu dìng jiè fú  start of frame delimiter
首脑会晤 shǒu nǎo huì wù  leadership meeting
罪魁祸首 zuì kuí huò shǒu  criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster
首要 shǒu yào  the most important; of chief importance
首都 shǒu dū  capital (city)
首先 shǒu xiān  first (of all); in the first place
首先 shǒu xiān  

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