首

shǒu

head

chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc

hair (丷) + nose/face (自) = the whole head

自 originally depicted a nose, the self-evident center of the face. The two strokes at the top (丷) suggest hair, completing the image of a head.

丷+自→首
丷Two strokes representing hairSemantic
自Originally a pictograph of a noseSemantic

这首歌很好听,我每天都在听。

zhè shǒu gē hěn hǎo tīng, wǒ měi tiān dōu zài tīng。

This song sounds really nice; I listen to it every day.

他是这次会议的首席代表。

tā shì zhè cì huì yì de shǒu xí dài biǎo。

He is the chief representative at this meeting.

Words with 首

国家元首

guó jiā yuán shǒu

head of state

痛心疾首

tòng xīn jí shǒu

bitter and hateful (idiom)

政府首脑

zhèng fǔ shǒu nǎo

head of state

上首

shàng shǒu

seat of honor

石首市

shí shǒu shì

Shishou, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei

首脑

shǒu nǎo

head (of state)

首度

shǒu dù

first time

首位

shǒu wèi

first place

首届

shǒu jiè

first session (of a conference etc)

首领

shǒu lǐng

head; boss; chief

首演

shǒu yǎn

maiden stage role

昂首挺胸

áng shǒu tǐng xiōng

head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits

More characters with 丷

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