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首

shǒu

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shǒu · sau2 (Jyutping)

  1. head
  2. chief
  3. first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. classifier for poems, songs etc

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

首

Meaning
head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
Radical
首
Strokes
9
Components
⿱丷自
Cangjie
THBU
Four-corner
8060.1

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