The kanji 首: meaning, readings and stroke order

首

Meaning: neck
On reading: シュ shu
Kun reading: くび kubi
Strokes: 9
Radical: 首 head
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái cổ (thủ)
Japanese: くび。
Korean: 목 (수)
Chinese: 脖子

Readings, words and example sentences

シュ shu · on reading

首しゅ都と
capital city
日本の 首しゅ都とは東京です。
The capital of Japan is Tokyo.

くび kubi · kun reading

首くび
neck
ゆっくり 首くびをまわします。
I slowly turn my neck around.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.