| 首 | ||
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| 首 (U+9996) "head" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | shǒu | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄕㄡˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | shou3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | sau2 | |
| Jyutping: | sau2 | |
| Japanese Kana: | シュ shu / シュウ shū (on'yomi) くび kubi (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 수 su | |
| Hán-Việt: | thủ, thú | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 首/くび kubi | |
| Hangul: | 머리 meori | |
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Radical 185 or radical head (首部) meaning "head" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 20 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
首 is also the 187th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.