首 shǒu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 首 — chief, head, leader
- Made of
- 丷 horns 自 self
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
首
shǒu
a measure word for songs and poems
Character
Example phrases
- 这首歌很好听。 Zhè shǒu gē hěn hǎotīng. This song sounds very nice.
- 那首诗很短。 Nà shǒu shī hěn duǎn. That poem is very short.
- 一首歌送你。 Yì shǒu gē sòng nǐ. I give you a song.
Related words
- 首都 shǒudū capital city
- 首先 shǒuxiān first; first of all
- 批 pī a measure word for batches
- 棵 kē a measure word for plants
- 打 dá a dozen (measure word)
- 根 gēn root; a measure word for long thin things
- 倍 bèi times (multiplication)
- 替 tì for; instead of
- 分之 fēnzhī over (in fractions)
- 着 zháo to successfully do (result ending)
- 前头 qiántou in front; ahead
- 得 děi must; have to