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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shǒu - head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 598 728 473

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A deer's head 自 adorned with antlers 丷

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 598 728 473
首先 4 3 860 898 2,853
首席 - 6 4,320 3,955 7,607
元首 6 7 5,135 11,816 18,428
首相 - 6 5,340 5,537 15,793
自首 - - 5,520 18,287 18,996
首要 6 7 5,680 7,202 14,952
首都 4 3 5,968 2,995 6,772
首领 - - 6,400 14,093 18,748
首饰 - 7 8,336 10,461 10,088
匕首 - - 9,792 14,037 27,377
首府 - 8 11,056 15,572 27,280
首脑 - 6 12,439 8,895 28,972
罪魁祸首 - 8 13,316 22,678 22,305
首长 - - 13,515 12,029 18,941
首选 - - 14,436 7,823 7,461
回首 - 8 15,753 10,882 5,108
斩首 - - 16,073 28,670 46,027
首发 - - 16,133 5,327 6,380
首映式 - - 16,290 29,861 39,441
首演 - - 16,628 25,641 26,925
首映 - - 16,806 13,376 8,679
榜首 - - 18,082 11,383 14,749
尸首 - - 19,935 40,496 55,114
聚首 - - 24,502 28,281 19,653
昂首阔步 - - 24,636 63,780 59,763
首级 - - 26,721 40,428 47,482
为首 6 - 26,761 6,146 21,114
俯首称臣 - - 31,106 67,728 58,999
翘首 - - 31,128 30,350 25,588
首创 - 9 33,221 11,176 21,866
首当其冲 - - 33,364 24,165 38,046
搔首弄姿 - - 33,863 64,452 43,037
首屈一指 - - 34,285 29,424 39,771
俯首 - 9 34,830 46,419 38,225
昂首挺胸 - - 35,315 52,236 34,036
首肯 - - 35,609 37,413 44,495
畏首畏尾 - - 35,894 59,578 39,797
首任 - - 37,163 31,696 48,496
昂首 - - 37,939 31,031 28,132
首次 - 6 38,654 1,345 4,016
首富 - - 40,722 19,410 19,215
首位 - - 40,761 6,756 15,035
翘首以待 - - 42,023 56,386 55,831
群龙无首 - - 42,677 60,744 81,404
痛心疾首 - - 42,859 37,554 31,185
上首 - - 54,432 43,257 53,957
叩首 - - 58,744 62,896 58,401
祸首 - - 60,041 57,417 53,997
首轮 - - 62,094 7,919 26,473
首尾 - - 62,602 41,134 44,650
匪首 - - 64,830 43,036 44,235
门首 - - 74,396 82,758 119,326
首战告捷 - - 77,272 62,387 71,772
首季 - - 81,150 42,567 67,243
首家 - - 81,174 9,420 14,418
首倡 - - 81,506 74,356 99,426
首例 - - 81,799 16,479 33,320
部首 - - 98,419 58,928 57,846