Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 首


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Meaning

head, leader, chief

Pronunciation

shǒu

Explanation

Image of an eye with emphasized eye-brows to express the special: the head or the chief.

Mnemonic

Thick eyebrows at the head of the leader

Radicals

head
head, leader(Picture of an eye with emphasized eye-brows to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.)
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Vocabulary

为首 wéi shǒu head; be headed by
首字母拚音词 shǒu zì mǔ pīn yīn cí acronym
翘首 qiáo shǒu to raise one's head and look around (esp. at the state of the nation)
匕首 bǐ shǒu dagger
帧首定界符 zhèng shǒu dìng jiè fú start of frame delimiter
首脑会晤 shǒu nǎo huì wù leadership meeting
罪魁祸首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster
首要 shǒu yào the most important; of chief importance
首都 shǒu dū capital (city)
首先 shǒu xiān first (of all); in the first place

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