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Translingual
Stroke order
Stroke order
Han character
首 (Kangxi radical 185, 首 +0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹月山 (THBU ), four-corner 80601 , composition ⿱丷 𦣻 or ⿱䒑 自 )
Kangxi radical #185, ⾸ .
Derived characters
Appendix:Chinese radical/首
𠃺 , 𫮐 , 𡞝 , 𭛼 , 𢰢 , 渞 , 𤠁 , 道 , 𪳂 , 𣮹 , 𫤞 , 𪼼 , 艏 , 𫋎 , 𨍣 , 𨲛 , 𮫤 , 𮬅 , 𠡼 , 𬱯 , 𩯢 , 𪬐 , 𩠮 , 𩠰 , 𭐱 , 衜 , 𭩍 , 𬞪
Further reading
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1427 , character 32
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44489
Dae Jaweon: page 1953, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4500, character 1
Unihan data for U+9996
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
道
*l'uːʔ
導
*duːs
首
*hljuʔ, *hljus
Simplified from 𩠐 (巛 → 丷 ). Originally pictographic (象形 ) of an animal with a long mouth and horns. In the oracle bone script, it appeared with or without hair (巛 ), but 𩠐 , the form with hair, was the form that was perpetuated.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lu ; cognate with Mizo lu ( “ head ” ) . This word has also been compared with Proto-Austronesian *quluh ( “ head ” ) (Malay hulu ) and Proto-Tai *klawꟲ ~ krawꟲ ( “ head; hair knot ” ) (Thai เกล้า ( glâao , “ hair; head ” ) ), and was used by Sagart to support his Sino-Austronesian hypothesis . Compare 道 (OC *l'uːʔ , “path, road”) (with the same phonetic component) and its relationship with Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX ( “ road, way ” ) .
This word was replaced by 頭 (OC *doː , “head”) by the Warring States period, possibly due to early homophony with 手 (OC *hnjɯwʔ , “hand”).
Pronunciation 1
Note :
siú - literary;
chhiú - vernacular.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
首
Reading #
1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
shǒu
Middle Chinese
‹ syuwX ›
Old Chinese
/*l̥uʔ/
English
head
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
首
Reading #
1/2
No.
11671
Phonetic component
首
Rime group
幽
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
首
Old Chinese
/*hljuʔ/
Definitions
首
( archaic , anatomy ) head
Synonym: 頭 / 头
chief ; leader
start ; beginning
first ; best ; highest
prime ; prior ; primary
side ; direction
Classifier for songs and poems. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
首 (“(classifier for songs)”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
首 , 支
Northeastern Mandarin
Taiwan
首
Singapore
首
Southwestern Mandarin
Guilin
首
Cantonese
Guangzhou
支 , 隻
Hong Kong
首 , 隻 , 支
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
隻 , 支
Macau
支
Guangzhou (Panyu)
隻
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
隻
Guangzhou (Conghua)
隻
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
支
Foshan
支
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
隻
Foshan (Shunde)
支
Foshan (Sanshui)
支
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
支
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
支
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
支
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
支
Zhuhai (Doumen)
支
Jiangmen (Baisha)
支
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
支
Taishan
條
Kaiping (Chikan)
條
Enping (Niujiang)
條
Heshan (Yayao)
隻
Dongguan
支
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
支
Hakka
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
支
Dongguan (Qingxi)
條
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
隻
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
條
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
隻
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
條
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
條
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
條
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
條
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
條
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
條
Southern Min
Jinjiang
塊
Tainan
條 , 首
Singapore (Hokkien)
條
Manila (Hokkien)
塊
Shantou
條
Shantou (Chenghai)
條
Jieyang
條
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
首 , 條
Wu
Shanghai
隻
Xiang
Changsha
隻
Dialectal synonyms of
頭 (“head”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
首 , 元 , 頭 , 元首
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
頭 , 頭部 , 頭顱 , 頭腦
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦袋瓜子 , 腦殼兒 , 腦殼 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦瓜子 , 老屋子
Taiwan
頭 , 腦袋
Chengde
頭 , 腦袋瓜兒
Ulanhot
腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Tongliao
腦袋
Chifeng
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Heihe
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦瓜子
Qiqihar
頭 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦瓜兒
Harbin
頭 , 腦殼兒 , 腦殼子 , 腦子 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦瓜子 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦袋瓜子
Jiamusi
頭 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Baicheng
頭 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Changchun
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Tonghua
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Shenyang
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Jinzhou
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Singapore
頭
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
腦袋
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦瓜子 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦袋瓜子 , 腦袋瓜兒
Tangshan
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦瓜兒
Cangzhou
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦殼兒
Baoding
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Shijiazhuang
頭 , 腦袋
Lijin
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Jinan
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子 , 腦瓜子 , 腦瓜兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
頭
Dandong
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Yantai
頭
Yantai (Muping)
頭 , 腦袋瓜子 derogatory
Qingdao
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Zhucheng
頭
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
頭 , 低腦
Lingbao
頭
Jining
頭
Wanrong
得腦
Linfen
得腦
Shangqiu
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦瓜兒
Yuanyang
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦瓜兒
Zhengzhou
頭 , 腦袋
Kaifeng
腦袋
Xinyang
頭
Baihe
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦瓜兒
Xi'an
𦠿 , 頭 , 腦袋 , 脊囊
Baoji
頭 , 多腦
Tianshui
頭 , 多腦
Xining
頭 , 腦袋 , 朵落
Xuzhou
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子 , 棗木 dated, humorous
Fuyang
頭 , 腦袋
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
頭
Bayanhot
頭 , 腦袋
Lanzhou
頭 , 頭蛋骨 , 得勒 derogatory
Dunhuang
頭 , 腦瓜子 , 腦勺 , 腦勺殼子
Hami
頭 , 腦袋
Ürümqi
頭 , 腦瓜子
Ürümqi (Xigou)
頭
Ürümqi (Changshanzi)
頭
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
腦殼
Nanchong
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Dazhou
腦殼
Hanyuan
腦殼
Xichang
腦殼 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Zigong
頭 , 腦殼
Chongqing
腦殼 , 沙罐兒
Wuhan
頭 , 腦殼 , 腦瓜子
Yichang
腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Xiangyang
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦殼
Tianmen
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦殼
Guiyang
腦殼
Zunyi
腦袋 , 腦殼兒
Bijie
腦殼
Liping
腦袋 , 腦殼
Zhaotong
腦殼
Dali
腦殼
Kunming
頭 , 腦殼 , 腦袋
Mengzi
頭 , 腦殼
Guilin
頭 , 腦殼
Liuzhou
頭 , 頭殼 , 腦殼
Tianlin (Langping)
腦殼
Jishou
頭 , 腦殼
Changde
腦殼
Hanzhong
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦殼
Mae Salong (Lancang)
頭 , 腦袋
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
頭 , 腦袋
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
頭 , 頭兒
Yangzhou
頭
Lianyungang
頭
Lianshui
頭 , 腦袋瓜子
Xinghua
頭
Nantong
頭
Anqing
頭 , 腦袋瓜
Wuhu
頭
Hefei
頭
Hong'an
頭 , 腦殼 , 腦袋
Cantonese
Guangzhou
頭 , 頭殼
Hong Kong
頭 , 頭殼
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
頭殼
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
頭殼
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
頭
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
頭
Macau
頭
Guangzhou (Panyu)
頭 , 頭殼
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
頭
Guangzhou (Conghua)
頭
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
頭 , 頭殼
Foshan
頭 , 頭殼
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
頭
Foshan (Shunde)
頭
Foshan (Sanshui)
頭殼
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
頭
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
頭
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
頭
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
頭
Zhuhai (Doumen)
頭 , 頭殼
Jiangmen (Baisha)
頭
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
頭
Taishan
頭
Kaiping (Chikan)
頭
Enping (Niujiang)
頭
Heshan (Yayao)
頭
Dongguan
腦殼 , 頭
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
頭殼
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
頭
Qingyuan
頭
Fogang
頭
Yingde (Hanguang)
頭殼
Yangshan
頭
Lianshan (Butian)
頭
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
頭
Shaoguan
頭 , 頭殼
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
頭
Renhua
頭乸殼
Lechang
頭
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
頭
Sihui
頭
Guangning
頭
Deqing
頭
Huaiji
頭 , 羅殼
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
頭
Yunfu
頭 , 頭殼
Xinxing
頭 , 頭殼
Luoding
頭
Yunan (Pingtai)
頭
Yangjiang
頭殼
Xinyi
頭 , 頭殼
Maoming (Xinpo)
頭 , 頭殼
Lianjiang
頭 , 頭殼
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
頭
Nanning
頭 , 頭殼
Wuzhou
頭
Yulin
頭 , 頭殼
Hepu (Lianzhou)
頭殼
Hepu (Shatian)
頭骨
Guiping
頭
Mengshan (Xihe)
頭
Guigang (Nanjiang)
頭
Baise
頭
Bobai
頭
Lingshan
頭
Pubei
頭
Qinzhou
頭
Beihai
頭
Beihai (Nankang)
頭殼
Beihai (Yingpan)
頭殼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
頭
Ningming
頭
Hengzhou
頭
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
頭
Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)
頭
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
頭
Singapore (Guangfu)
頭
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
頭
Móng Cái
頭
Gan
Nanchang
頭 , 腦蓋
Lichuan
頭 , 腦
Pingxiang
腦殼
Hakka
Meixian
頭那
Xingning
頭那
Dabu (Xihe)
頭那
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
頭 , 頭那 , 頭殼
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
頭那 , 頭
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
頭那 , 頭
Huiyang
頭那
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
頭那 , 頭
Huidong (Daling)
頭那
Dongguan (Qingxi)
頭那
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
頭那
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
頭那 , 頭
Boluo (Bendihua)
頭 , 那殼
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
頭那
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
頭
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
頭那
Wuhua (Huacheng)
頭那 , 頭
Wuhua (Changbu)
頭那
Wuhua (Mianyang)
頭那
Wuhua (Meilin)
頭那
Heyuan (Bendihua)
頭 , 頭那
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
頭那
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
頭 , 頭那
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
頭那
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
頭那
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
頭那
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
頭 , 頭那
Wengyuan
頭那
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
頭那
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
頭 , 頭那
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
頭那 , 頭
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
頭那
Liannan
頭
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
頭
Jiexi
頭那
Luhe
頭那
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
頭那
Changting
頭那
Wuping
頭那
Wuping (Yanqian)
頭那
Wuping (Pingyu)
頭那
Liancheng
頭那
Ninghua
腦殼
Yudu
頭 , 腦蓋 , 腦殼
Ningdu
腦蓋
Ruijin
腦蓋 , 頭那殼
Shicheng
腦蓋 , 腦殼
Shangyou (Shexi)
腦蓋
Tonggu (Sandu)
頭那
Ganzhou (Panlong)
腦蓋
Dayu
腦骨窠
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
頭那
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
頭那
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
頭那
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
頭那
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
頭那
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
頭那
Hong Kong
頭那
Yangxi (Tangkou)
頭
Yangchun (Sanjia)
頭殼
Xinyi (Sihe)
頭
Xinyi (Qianpai)
頭
Gaozhou (Xindong)
頭 , 頭殼
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
頭殼
Huazhou (Xin'an)
頭殼
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
頭殼
Lianjiang (Qingping)
頭殼
Mengshan (Xihe)
頭腦
Luchuan
頭殼
Luchuan (Daqiao)
頭
Bobai (Shahe)
頭 , 頭殼
Beiliu (Tang'an)
頭那
Mashan (Pianlian)
頭那
Sabah (Longchuan)
頭那
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
頭那
Senai (Huiyang)
頭那
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
頭
Singkawang
頭那
Singapore (Meixian)
頭那
Singapore (Dabu)
頭那
Huizhou
Jixi
頭 , 腦殼
Shexian
頭 , 頭腦殼
Jin
Taiyuan
得腦 , 頭 , 腦袋 , 乾骷髏 derogatory , 骷髏 derogatory
Pingyao
得腦
Yangyuan
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦瓜兒
Datong
頭 , 腦袋
Xinzhou
得腦 , 頭 , 腦袋
Lüliang (Lishi)
腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦
Changzhi
頭 , 腦袋 , 得腦
Taibus (Baochang)
頭
Linhe
頭 , 腦袋 , 得腦
Jining
頭 , 腦袋
Hohhot
頭 , 腦袋 , 得腦
Baotou
腦袋
Dongsheng
頭
Haibowan
腦袋
Erenhot
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Pingshan
頭 , 腦袋瓜兒
Zhangjiakou
頭 , 腦袋
Handan
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Linzhou
頭 , 得腦哦
Suide
頭 , 腦
Northern Min
Jian'ou
頭
Jian'ou (Dikou)
頭
Songxi
頭
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
頭
Jianyang
頭
Wuyishan
腦殼
Pucheng (Shibei)
頭
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
頭 , 頭腦 , 頭首
Lianjiang
頭
Fuqing
頭
Gutian
頭
Pingnan
頭
Fu'an
頭
Ningde
頭子
Xiapu
頭
Shouning
頭
Zhouning
頭
Fuding
頭
Matsu
頭 , 頭首
Southern Min
Xiamen
頭 , 頭殼
Xiamen (Tong'an)
頭殼
Quanzhou
頭 , 頭殼
Jinjiang
頭殼
Hui'an
頭殼
Anxi
頭殼
Yongchun
頭殼
Dehua
頭殼
Zhangzhou
頭 , 頭殼
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
頭殼
Hua'an
頭殼
Pinghe
頭殼
Zhangpu
頭殼
Yunxiao
頭碗
Zhao'an
頭殼
Dongshan
頭
Taipei
頭 , 頭殼
Taipei (Wanhua)
頭殼
New Taipei (Sanxia)
頭 , 頭殼
Kaohsiung
頭 , 頭殼
Yilan
頭 , 頭殼
Changhua (Lukang)
頭 , 頭殼
Taichung
頭殼
Taichung (Wuqi)
頭殼
Tainan
頭 , 頭殼
Taitung
頭殼
Hsinchu
頭殼
Kinmen
頭殼
Penghu (Magong)
頭殼
Penang (Hokkien)
頭 , 頭殼
Singapore (Hokkien)
頭 , 頭殼
Manila (Hokkien)
頭 , 頭殼
Longyan
頭殼
Datian
頭殼
Pingnan (Shangdu)
頭
Chaozhou
頭殼
Shantou
頭殼 , 頭 , 腦殼
Shantou (Chenghai)
頭殼
Shantou (Chaoyang)
頭 , 頭殼
Jieyang
頭 , 頭殼
Lufeng
頭殼
Haifeng
頭 , 頭殼 , 頭殼顱
Bangkok (Teochew)
頭
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
頭
Singapore (Teochew)
頭
Batam (Teochew)
頭
Leizhou
頭 , 頭顱 , 殼升
Wenchang
頭
Haikou
頭顱 , 頭殼
Qionghai
頭 , 頭顱
Puxian Min
Putian
頭 , 頭末
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
頭
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
頭末
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
頭
Xianyou
頭
Xianyou (Fengting)
頭
Xianyou (Youyang)
頭 , 頭囝
Fuding (Aoyao)
頭殼
Central Min
Yong'an
頭殼 , 頭
Sanming (Sanyuan)
頭殼
Sanming (Shaxian)
頭殼
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
頭殼
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
頭 , 頭殼
Nanning (Xinxu)
頭
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
頭
Wu
Shanghai
頭 , 腦袋 , 頭骷顱 , 骷顱頭 often derogatory , 骷郎頭 often derogatory
Shanghai (Chongming)
頭爿
Suzhou
頭 , 骷郎頭 , 六斤四兩
Danyang
頭 , 腦袋瓜 , 頭骷郎
Hangzhou
頭 , 腦頭瓜
Ningbo
骷顱頭 , 骷郎頭 , 頭 , 骷顱頭甏 derogatory , 骷顱頭瓶 derogatory , 六斤四兩 humorous
Wenzhou
頭 , 六斤四 secret
Jinhua
頭 , 葫粒頭 humorous
Xiang
Changsha
腦殼
Xiangxiang
腦殼
Loudi
腦殼
Shuangfeng
腦殼
Hengyang
腦殼
Quanzhou
腦殼
Xiangnan Tuhua
Jiangyong
腦牯
Pronunciation 2
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
首
Reading #
2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
shǒu
Middle Chinese
‹ syuwH ›
Old Chinese
/*l̥uʔ-s/
English
turn the head towards
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
首
Reading #
2/2
No.
11672
Phonetic component
首
Rime group
幽
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
狩
Old Chinese
/*hljus/
Definitions
首
† to report someone to the authorities; to plead guilty
自首 ― zìshǒu ― to turn oneself in; to give up ; to surrender
† to face (a direction)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
首
(Second grade kyōiku kanji )
neck
counter for songs and poems
leader , chief , head
beginning , first
Readings
Go-on : しゅ ( shu , Jōyō )
Kan-on : しゅう ( shū )
Kun : くび ( kubi , 首 , Jōyō ) 、おびと ( obito , 首 ) 、こうべ ( kōbe , 首 ) 、しるし ( shirushi , 首 ) 、つかさ ( tsukasa , 首 ) 、かしら ( kashira , 首 ) 、はじめ ( haji me , 首め ) 、もうす ( mō su , 首す )
Nanori : おびと ( obito ) 、こべ ( kobe ) 、す ( su )
Compounds
Etymology 1
From Old Japanese , from Proto-Japonic *kunpi .
Pronunciation
Noun
首( くび ) • (kubi )
neck (part of the body connecting head and torso)
the neck and head as a whole
Synonym: ( as a trophy ) 首級 ( shukyū )
首( くび ) 無( な ) しkubi nashiheadless
首( くび ) を 刎( は ) ねるkubi ohaneruto behead
dismissal from employment
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Japanese . First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE .[ 2]
Shift from Old Japanese 大人 ( opobito , “ boss, chief ” , literally “ big person ” ) .[ 2] [ 3]
/opobito/ → /obito/
Pronunciation
Noun
首( おびと ) • (obito )
( archaic ) one who rules or commands a group of people: a chief
See also
Etymology 3
From Old Japanese . First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE .[ 2]
Analyzed as a shift from earlier kamipe , as a compound of either 上 ( kami , “ upper ” ) or 髪 ( kami , “ hair ” ) with the suffix 方 ( he , “ location ” ) .[ 2] [ 3]
/kamipe/ → /kampe/ → /kaube/ → /kɔːbe/ → /koːbe/
Noun
首( こうべ ) • (kōbe ) ←かうべ ( kaube ) ?
Alternative spelling of 頭 ( “ head ” ) ( part of the body )
2021 September 10, Eve (lyrics and music), “遊生夢死 [Live Playing, Die Dreaming ]”:遊( ゆう ) 生( せい ) 夢( ぼう ) 死( し ) 才能ない脳内 唱えよシスターズ首( こうべ ) を垂れることしかないのYūsei bōshi Sainō nai nōnai tonaeyo shisutāzuKōbe o tareru koto shika nai no Live playing, die dreaming Chant inside my talentless brain, sisters All I can do is bow down
Etymology 4
From Middle Chinese 首 (MC syuwX| syuwH ).
Pronunciation
Counter
首( しゅ ) • (-shu )
poems and songs
Noun
首( しゅ ) • (shu )
( rare ) the first one ; a lord
See also
References
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988 ) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition) ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Shogakukan , →ISBN
↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995 ) 大辞泉 [Daijisen ] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 首 (MC syuwX ). Recorded as Middle Korean 슈〮 ( syú ) (Yale : syu ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
首 (eumhun 머리 수 ( meori su ) )
hanja form? of 수 ( “ head ” )
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
首 : Hán Nôm readings: thủ , thú , siều
chữ Hán form of thủ ( “ head ” ) .
chữ Hán form of thú ( “ confess ” ) .
Compounds