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首 shǒu

shǒu noun head
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 头 (CC-CEDICT '首'; Guoyu '首' n 1; Kroll 2015 '首' 1, p. 419; Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Scroll 10; Unihan '首'; XHZD '首' 1, p. 688)
shǒu measure word measure word for poems
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '首'; Guoyu '首' n 5; Kroll 2015 '首' 5, p. 419; Unihan '首'; XHZD '首' 6, p. 688)
shǒu noun Kangxi radical 185
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: First (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '首' n 7)
shǒu noun leader; chief
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 元首 'head of state' (CC-CEDICT '首'; Guoyu '首' n 2; Unihan '首'; XHZD '首' 2, p. 688)
shǒu adjective foremost; first
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '首'; Guoyu '首' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '首' 2, p. 419; Unihan '首'; XHZD '首' 3, p. 688)
shǒu verb to obey; to bow one's head
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 俯首; for example in 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic”, 黎首 'obeyed by the common people' (Kroll 2015 '首' 4, p. 419; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 421)
shǒu noun beginning; start
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 岁首 start of the year (CC-CEDICT '首'; Guoyu '首' n 3; Kroll 2015 '首' 3, p. 419; Unihan '首'; XHZD '首' 4, p. 688)
shǒu verb to denounce
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 告发 (Guoyu '首' v 2; XHZD '首' 5, p. 688)
shǒu noun top; apex
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '首' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '首' 1a, p. 419)
shǒu verb to acknowledge guilt
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '首' 4a, p. 419)
shǒu noun the main offender
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '首' 4b, p. 419)
shǒu noun essence; gist
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 要领 (Guoyu '首' n 4)
shǒu noun a side; a direction
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 方 (Guoyu '首' n 5)
shǒu verb to face towards
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 朝向 (Guoyu '首' v 1)

Contained in

贤首经(賢首經) Xian Shou Jing
贤首品(賢首品) first in goodness [chapter]
首楞严(首楞嚴) śūraṅgama; heroic; resolute ; Śūraṅgama sūtra; Surangama Sutra
摩醯首罗大自在天王神通化生伎艺天女念诵法(摩醯首羅大自在天王神通化生伎藝天女念誦法) Ritual Invoking Maheśvara’s Magical Transformation of Śṛīdevī; Moxishouluo Dazizaitian Wang Shentong Huasheng Ji Yi Tiannu Niansong Fa
佛说贤首经(佛說賢首經) Fo Shuo Xian Shou Jing
导首(導首) leader; spiritual guide; nāyaka
马首(馬首) horse head ; Hayagriva
财首菩萨(財首菩薩) Bodhisattva Foremost Wealth
首意经(首意經) Shou Yi Jing
梵女首意经(梵女首意經) Fan Nu Shou Yi Jing
贤首宗(賢首宗) Huayan School; Huayan Zong
头首(頭首) group of head monastics in a monastery

Also contained in

首相、印首、页首、首家、古诗十九首、界首、菰首、首映、首尾音、举首、政府首脑、翘居群首、首季、枭首示众、首尔特别市、昂首阔步、首领、国家元首、岘首山、首荐、首款、首任、首创、白首、吉首、枭首、疾首、回首、首当其冲、俯首帖耳、部首编排法、首度、首善之区、首倡义举、首席营销官、斩首、首例、首饰、矫首

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 90
Scroll 5 Ji Shamen Bu Ying Bai Su Deng Shi 集沙門不應拜俗等事 — count: 74 , has English translation
Scroll 1 Questions of Nāgaśrī 佛說濡首菩薩無上清淨分衛經 — count: 74
Scroll 5 Dai Zong Chao Zeng Sikong Da Bian Zheng Guang Zhi San Zang He Shang Biao Zhi Ji 代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 — count: 64
Scroll 15 Xin Huayan Jing Lun 新華嚴經論 — count: 63
Scroll 1 Ajātaśatrukaukṛtyavinodana (Wenshu Zhi Li Pu Chao Sanmei Jing) 文殊支利普超三昧經 — count: 63
Scroll 12 Collection of records concerning the Chinese Buddhist Canon (Chu San Zang Ji Ji) 出三藏記集 — count: 56
Scroll 3 Ajātaśatrukaukṛtyavinodana (Wenshu Zhi Li Pu Chao Sanmei Jing) 文殊支利普超三昧經 — count: 56
Scroll 1 Universal Gate Sutra (Pumenping Jing) 佛說普門品經 — count: 53
Scroll 2 Dai Zong Chao Zeng Sikong Da Bian Zheng Guang Zhi San Zang He Shang Biao Zhi Ji 代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 — count: 53

Collocations

象首 (象首) 共象首舍利弗詣世尊所 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 18
原首 (原首) 大眾之原首 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 15
轻贱首 (輕賤首) 是名輕賤首 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 11
首迦 (首迦) 首迦摩納都耶子所見供養 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 9
首上 (首上) 以為首上鬘 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 8
首免 (首免) 光音諸天首免其災 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 9 — count: 6
心首 (心首) 愛愍不去心首 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 6
拜首 (拜首) 拜首白言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
时首 (時首) 是時首迦即白佛言 — Fo Weishou Jia Zhengzhe Shuo Yebao Chabie Jing (Śukasūtra)佛為首迦長者說業報差別經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
首天子 (首天子) 時首天子受佛勅已 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 4