| 首 | |
|---|---|
Radical 185 (U+2FB8)
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| 首 (U+9996) "head" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | shǒu |
| Bopomofo: | ㄕㄡˇ |
| Wade–Giles: | shou3 |
| Cantonese Yale: | sau2 |
| Jyutping: | sau2 |
| Japanese Kana: | シュ shu / シュウ shū (on'yomi) くび kubi (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 수 su |
| Hán-Việt: | thủ, thú |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | 首/くび kubi |
| Hangul: | 머리 meori |
| Stroke order animation | |
Radical 185 or radical head (首部) meaning "head" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 20 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
首 is also the 187th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 首 |
| +2 | 馗 |
| +8 | 馘 |
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a second grade kanji.