首
shǒu HSK3

head

首 shǒu
classifier measure word
a numerical measure word used for poems, songs, and lyrics

他创作了一首非常好听的歌。

tā chuàng​zuò le yī shǒu fēi​cháng hǎo​tīng de gē.

He composed a very beautiful song.

first numeral
the earliest in time, order, or rank; initial

这是该市首个投入使用的地铁站。

zhè shì gāi shì shǒu gè tóu​rù shǐ​yòng de dì​tiě​zhàn.

This is the first subway station in the city to go into operation.

leader/first punctuation
the first, the beginning, or the leader of a group.

泰山位列五岳之首，是著名的旅游胜地。

Tài Shān wèi​liè wǔ yuè zhī shǒu, shì zhù​míng de lǚ​yóu​shèng​dì.

Mount Tai ranks first among the Five Sacred Mountains and is a famous tourist destination.

head expression
the physical head of a person or animal

昂首挺胸。

áng shǒu tǐng​xiōng.

Hold your head high and puff out your chest.

chief verb
the leader, head of an organization, or highest ranking official

他是该组织为首的负责人。

tā shì gāi zǔ​zhī wéi shǒu de fù​zé​rén.

He is the head of the organization.

Frequency
Character
Written text
481st most common 439.5 per million
Movie subtitles
519th most common 276.0 per million appears in 67% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
164.0 per million appears in 29% of films
Written text
170.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+9996

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)