字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE花304 (商)
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Human Body & People
首
首 neck, head, leader
くび kubi
9 strokesRadical of 1 kanjiPart of 1
Your ink in 首0% painted · 0 of 1 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Simplified from 𩠐. Originally pictogram (象形) of the head of an animal with a long mouth and horns.
Source: Wiktionary, 首 (rev. 93606022), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at the head of a great leader! The top strokes show hair standing tall, and the eye represents the vision and awareness of the person. It represents the neck that connects the mind to the body, and often symbolizes the 'head' or chief of an entire organization or path.”
一覧
Every kanji with 首 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 1 kanji