Entry
  1. Noun

    nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

    彼の首筋を血がすっと伝った。
    A trickle of blood ran down his neck.

Also written 首すじ【くびすじ】頸筋【くびすじ】頚筋【くびすじ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

neck, counter for songs and poems

Kun
くび
On
シュ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
98 of 2500
Radical
head
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

おびとこべ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-6SKIP code
2o7.2The Kanji Dictionary
8060.1Four corner code
979deroo
9996Unicode hex code
1-28-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5186Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6719New Nelson (John Haig)
2265New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2818Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1452Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1956Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
70Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
74Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
208A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
920Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
138Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44489Morohashi
139A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
148Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
239sakade
281Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
155henshall3
177Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
393Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1910Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
70Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent

Kun
すじ
On
キン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
744 of 2500
Radical
bamboo
WaniKani
Level 33

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-6-6SKIP code
6f6.4The Kanji Dictionary
8822.7Four corner code
2345deroo
7b4bUnicode hex code
1-22-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3395Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4286New Nelson (John Haig)
2678New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3319Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1719Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2337Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
941Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1012Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
713A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1137Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25994Morohashi
843A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1090Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1141Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1603Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
854henshall3
942Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1059Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1476Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
950Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin1Pinyin reading
geunKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
33WaniKani level