Dong Chinese dictionary

shǒu

head

Pictograph of a head (hair above a face with an eye).

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shǒu

head; first; leader, chief; a poem; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc

Most common words with 首

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	首	head
	首先	first (of all)
	首次	first
	首都	capital (city)
	首席	chief (representative, correspondent etc)

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.700