Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N3
98 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: neck, counter for songs and poems
Kunyomi: くび
Onyomi: シュ
Composition: 自
Radical: 首
Reading: くび
Meaning: head
Strokes: 9
首都(しゅと) capital city
首脳(しゅのう) head, leader, chief
首相(しゅしょう) Prime Minister, Chancellor
首席(しゅせき) top seat
首位(しゅい) first place, head position
部首(ぶしゅ) radical (of kanji)
党首(とうしゅ) party leader
機首(きしゅ) nose of a plane
絞首刑(こうしゅけい) death by hanging
自首する(じしゅする) surrender, give oneself up
首(くび) neck
手首(てくび) wrist
首 (シュ) counter for songs and poems
首級 (シュキュウ) decapitated head of an enemy
元首 (ゲンシュ) sovereign, ruler, head of state
百人一首 (ヒャクニンイッシュ) (Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu, classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets, hyakunin isshu karuta, hyakunin isshu poetry cards
首 (くび) neck, head, dismissal (from a job), firing, sacking
首飾り (くびかざり) necklace, choker
縛り首 (しばりくび) (death by) hanging
猪首 (いくび) bull neck
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N3
98 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: neck, counter for songs and poems
Kunyomi: くび
Onyomi: シュ
Composition: 自
Radical: 首
Reading: くび
Meaning: head
Strokes: 9
首都(しゅと) capital city
首脳(しゅのう) head, leader, chief
首相(しゅしょう) Prime Minister, Chancellor
首席(しゅせき) top seat
首位(しゅい) first place, head position
部首(ぶしゅ) radical (of kanji)
党首(とうしゅ) party leader
機首(きしゅ) nose of a plane
絞首刑(こうしゅけい) death by hanging
自首する(じしゅする) surrender, give oneself up
首(くび) neck
手首(てくび) wrist
首 (シュ) counter for songs and poems
首級 (シュキュウ) decapitated head of an enemy
元首 (ゲンシュ) sovereign, ruler, head of state
百人一首 (ヒャクニンイッシュ) (Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu, classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets, hyakunin isshu karuta, hyakunin isshu poetry cards
首 (くび) neck, head, dismissal (from a job), firing, sacking
首飾り (くびかざり) necklace, choker
縛り首 (しばりくび) (death by) hanging
猪首 (いくび) bull neck