首 Radical 185 — the head; first, chief, leader
shǒu (third tone, dipping)
the head; first, chief, leader
Radical 1859 strokes0 characters
Where the shape comes from
A head shown with hair or a crest marked along the top, the topmost, leading part of the body giving the word its extended sense of first, foremost, chief. It names the leading city in 首都, a capital, and the leading person in 元首, a head of state, and opens a list or an account in 首先, first of all, to begin with.
characters filed under 首
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