首

Meanings

1. neck
2. head
3. dismissal (from a job); firing; sacking

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 首

  Meanings

  neck, counter for songs and poems

  On reading

  シュ

  Kun reading

  くび

  Strokes

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Example sentences

• その首と頭部はとてもやわらかかった。

  Its neck and head were very soft.

  Tatoeba #209467 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 鳥は首をひょいと水に浸した。

  The bird dipped its head into the water.

  Tatoeba #125790 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• あなたの首は風前のともし火だ。

  Your job hangs by a thread.

  Tatoeba #233205 · CC BY 2.0 FR