Kanji 首
9 strokes
Meaning
neck, counter for songs and poems
- On'yomi
- シュ
- Kun'yomi
- くび
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 首 head (185)
- JLPT
- N3
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Kanken
- 9級
- Frequency
- #98 / 2500
Themes: Body
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Example sentences
トムは首になった。
Tom lost his job.
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