Kanji Details:
- 首
- Frequency:98
- Kun: くび
- On: シュ
- Meaning: neck, counter for songs and poems
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 首 くび, クビ neck; head; unemployed person 首相 しゅしょう Prime Minister, Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.), Premier 首脳 しゅのう head, brains, leading spirit 首都 しゅと capital city, metropolis 党首 とうしゅ party leader 首都圏 しゅとけん the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center) 首位 しゅい first place, head position, leading position 一首 いっしゅ tanka, poem 元首 げんしゅ ruler, sovereign 首長 しゅちょう head (of organization, organisation), chief