首 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings
What does 首 mean?
Neck
How to read 首?
Kunyomi... くび/kubi,こうべ/kobe, かしら/kashira, はじめ/hajime, もうす/mosu
Onyomi... シュ/shu
jinmeikun... obito, obuto, saki, hajime, kami,
* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.
Other kanji information..
| application |
Can be registered as a Japanese name In Japan, 2999 kanji characters can be registered as names. (In other words, you cannot officially apply for any other kanji as a name.) But if you enjoy it as fiction, no problem. |
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| type | common-use kanji |
| unicode | 9996 首 (For HTML use) |