in English

shǒu measure word HSK 4
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc

Stroke order

Le caractère 首 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • 一场毁灭性的地震袭击了这个州的首府。

    A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.

  • 东京是日本的首都。

    Tokyo is the capital of Japan.

  • 义大利的首都是罗马。

    The capital of Italy is Rome.

  • 乌克兰的首都是基辅。

    The capital of the Ukraine is Kiev.

  • 乔治敦是盖亚那的首都。

    Georgetown is the capital of Guyana.

  • 京都市曾经是日本的首都。

    Kyoto was the former capital of Japan.

  • 他们非常喜欢那首歌曲。

    They love that song.

  • 他决定不买那个房子了,首先是因为太贵了,其实是因为离他的办公室太远了。

    He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.

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