When the formation data identifies 首 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
首
Radical 185 of 214 · 9 strokes
Head
shǒu
Unicode uses 首 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
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首shǒuchief, head, leaderDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Pictograph of a head (hair above an eye).
- ◎Pictographic componentcharacterless component
- 目Pictographic componenteye
- Category radical
- 首 head
- Visual structure
- 丷 + 自
HSK words with 首6 words in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.