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head 首
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The eye 目 with the exaggerated eyebrows 首 stands for the: leader. The leader is also 头.
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Used in these characters:
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道
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| way, road, principle, truth, Taoism
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Left: movement 辶, right: head/chief 首 (eye 目 with emphasized eyebrow 首 as: chief)
The movement of the chief determines the way.
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首
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| head, leader, chief
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Image of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief.
Thick eyebrows at the head of the leader
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