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
首饰
shǒushì
jewellery; ornaments
Characters in this word
饰 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她把祖母留下的首饰全部捐给博物馆，用于民俗展览。 Tā bǎ zǔmǔ liúxià de shǒushì quánbù juān gěi bówùguǎn, yòng yú mínsú zhǎnlǎn. She donated all the jewellery left by her grandmother to the museum for a folk-culture exhibition.
- 结婚的时候，母亲送给我一套银首饰。 Jiéhūn de shíhou, mǔqīn sòng gěi wǒ yí tào yín shǒushì. When I got married, my mother gave me a set of silver jewellery.
- 出门旅游时，最好不要随身带贵重首饰。 Chūmén lǚyóu shí, zuìhǎo búyào suíshēn dài guìzhòng shǒushì. When travelling, it is best not to carry valuable jewellery with you.
Related words
- 首都 shǒudū capital city
- 首先 shǒuxiān first; first of all
- 首 shǒu a measure word for songs and poems
- 首要 shǒuyào primary, chief
- 部首 bùshǒu radical of a Chinese character
- 俯首 fǔshǒu to bow one's head; to submit
- 回首 huíshǒu to look back; to recall
- 首创 shǒuchuàng to pioneer; to originate
- 首付 shǒufù down payment; initial payment
- 首府 shǒufǔ capital city; administrative capital
- 首脑 shǒunǎo head; leader; chief
- 首批 shǒupī first batch; first group