shǒu

chief

How it’s built

Pictograph of a head (hair above an eye).

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iconic

characterless component — Depicts hair.

iconic

eye

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 首 as a component, most common first.

道dàomethod 县xiàncounty 页yèpage 頁yèpage 縣xiàncounty

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