• 首くび — neck
• 首都しゅと — capital city
• 部首ぶしゅ — radical
• 首相しゅしょう — prime minister
• 首輪くびわ — collar
• 自首じしゅ — voluntary surrender

The kanji 首 is a pictograph of a head seen from above. It originally depicted features like hair or facial structure, and now it symbolizes the head or leader of something.

首くびが痛いたいです。
My neck hurts.

東京とうきょうは 日本にほんの首都しゅとです。
Tokyo is the capital city of Japan.

🎧 Practice the native Japanese pronunciation of 首.