首
Meanings
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- 1.head
- 2.chief
- 3.first (occasion, thing etc)
- 4.classifier for poems, songs etc
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Wiktionary
- 1.head
- 2.chief; leader
- 3.start; beginning
- 4.first; best; highest
- 5.prime; prior; primary
- 6.side; direction
- 7.Classifier for songs and poems. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- 8.to report someone to the authorities; to plead guilty
- 9.to face (a direction)
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Etymology
Simplified from 𩠐 (巛 → 丷). Originally pictogram (象形) of the head of an animal with a long mouth and horns. In the oracle bone script, it appeared with or without hair (巛), but 𩠐, the form with hair, was the form that was perpetuated. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qV-luʔ; cognate with Mizo lu (“head”). This word has also been compared with Proto-Austronesian *quluh (“head”) (Malay hulu) and Proto-Tai *klawꟲ ~ krawꟲ (“head; hair knot”) (Thai เกล้า (glâao, “hair; head”)), and was used by Sagart to support his Sino-Austronesian hypothesis. Compare 道 (OC *l'uːʔ, “path, road”) (with the same phonetic component) and its relationship with Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”). This word was replaced by 頭 (OC *doː, “head”) by the Warring States period, possibly due to early homophony with 手 (OC *hnjɯwʔ, “hand”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
这首曲子是大调。
This piece is in a major key.
這首曲子叫什麼名字？
What's the name of this tune?
他似乎无法理解那首诗。
He can't seem to understand that poem.
你最喜歡的兒童歌曲是哪首？
What's your favorite nursery rhyme?
学生们用心学习了很多首诗。
The students learned many poems by heart.
這位鋼琴家演奏了兩首安可曲。
The pianist played two encores.
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More examples & usage (AI)
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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