首 shǒu

1. shǒu noun head
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 头 (CC-CEDICT '首'; Guoyu '首' n 1; Kroll 2015 '首' 1, p. 419; Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Scroll 10; Unihan '首'; XHZD '首' 1, p. 688)
2. shǒu measure word measure word for poems
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '首'; Guoyu '首' n 5; Kroll 2015 '首' 5, p. 419; Unihan '首'; XHZD '首' 6, p. 688)
3. shǒu noun Kangxi radical 185
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: First (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '首' n 7)
4. shǒu noun leader; chief
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 元首 'head of state' (CC-CEDICT '首'; Guoyu '首' n 2; Unihan '首'; XHZD '首' 2, p. 688)
5. shǒu adjective foremost; first
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '首'; Guoyu '首' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '首' 2, p. 419; Unihan '首'; XHZD '首' 3, p. 688)
6. shǒu verb to obey; to bow one's head
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 俯首; for example in 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic”, 黎首 'obeyed by the common people' (Kroll 2015 '首' 4, p. 419; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 421)
7. shǒu noun beginning; start
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 岁首 start of the year (CC-CEDICT '首'; Guoyu '首' n 3; Kroll 2015 '首' 3, p. 419; Unihan '首'; XHZD '首' 4, p. 688)
8. shǒu verb to denounce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 告发 (Guoyu '首' v 2; XHZD '首' 5, p. 688)
9. shǒu noun top; apex
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '首' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '首' 1a, p. 419)
10. shǒu verb to acknowledge guilt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '首' 4a, p. 419)
11. shǒu noun the main offender
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '首' 4b, p. 419)
12. shǒu noun essence; gist
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 要领 (Guoyu '首' n 4)
13. shǒu noun a side; a direction
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 方 (Guoyu '首' n 5)
14. shǒu verb to face towards
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 朝向 (Guoyu '首' v 1)

Contained in

• 首度 the first time
• 首席执行官(首席執行官) Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
• 会首(會首) head of a society; sponsor of an organization
• 国家元首(國家元首) head of state
• 首屈一指 to count as number one; second to none; outstanding
• 康熙部首 Kangxi radicals
• 首善 exemplary
• 螭首 hornless dragon head
• 首演 maiden stage role; first performance; first public showing
• 首脑会晤(首腦會晤) leadership meeting
• 部首编排法(部首編排法) dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals
• 岘首山(峴首山) Mt Xianshou
• 首创(首創) to create; to originate
• 起首 at first
• 叩首 to kowtow
• 首当其冲(首當其衝) to bear the brunt
• 昂首 to raise one's head
• 引首 introduction; opening words
• 祸首罪魁(禍首罪魁) main offender, criminal ringleader; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
• 顿首(頓首) [polite] respectfully ; to bow with head touching the ground; tokowtow
• 不首先使用 no first use (policy for nuclear weapons); NFU
• 首都国际机场(首都國際機場) Beijing International Airport
• 搔首 to scratch one's head; to wonder about something
• 首章 opening stanza
• 首荐(首薦) top recommendation
• 搔首弄姿 to stroke one's hair coquettishly
• 痛心疾首 bitter and hateful; to grieve and lament
• 首席财务官(首席財務官) chief financial officer (CFO)
• 首发(首發) first issue; first public showing
• 俯首称臣(俯首稱臣) to bow before ; to capitulate
• 首倡 to initiate
• 船首 ship's bow
• 居首 leading; in first place; top of the list
• 首轮(首輪) first round (of a competition etc)
• 匪首 bandit
• 首次 the first time
• 首字母缩写(首字母縮寫) acronym
• 翘首(翹首) to raise one's head
• 斩首(斬首) to behead
• 首脑会谈(首腦會談) summit talks; discussion between heads of state
• 陨首(隕首) to offer one's life in sacrifice
• 为首(為首) to be the leader
• 首脑会议(首腦會議) leadership conference; summit meeting

Also contained in

吉首市 、 首陀罗 、 首都剧场 、 首款 、 首领官 、 首尔 、 澳大利亚首都特区 、 首都领地

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 60
• 卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 49
• 卷12　志第7　禮儀七 Volume 12 Treatises 7: Rites 7 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 49
• 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 38
• 卷三十 志第十: 音樂三 Volume 30 Treatises 10: Music 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 35
• 卷一百三十七 志第九十 樂十二 Volume 137 Treatises 90: Music 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 卷一百〇四　志第五十二:　刑法三 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Punishment and Law 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 33
• 卷二十三　魏二 Chapter 23: Wei II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 31
• 卷一百四十一 志第九十四 樂十六 Volume 141 Treatises 94: Music 16 History of Song 宋史 — count: 30

Collocations

• 貍首 (貍首) 貍首之斑然 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 8
• 首止 (首止) 齊侯師於首止 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
• 首戴 (首戴) 曹伯會王世子于首戴 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 荀首 (荀首) 荀首 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
• 马首 (馬首) 未是有也余馬首欲東 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 东首 (東首) 東首 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 10. 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang — count: 5
• 首阳 (首陽) 首陽之巔 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧采苓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Cai Ling — count: 4
• 首服 (首服) 掌王后之首服 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 4
• 齐首 (齊首) 兩服齊首 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧大叔于田 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Da Shu Yu Tian — count: 4
• 牛首 (牛首) 取牛首 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3