EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    head; chief

    恵子はクラスで首席だ。
    Keiko is at the head of her class.
  2. chairman; governor; president

  3. top student; head of the class

  4. top seat; first desk (in orchestra)

Also written 首席【しゅせき】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

Kun
ぬし、おも、あるじ
On
シュ、ス、シュウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
95 of 2500
Radical
dot
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

かず、ず、もん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-4, 2-2-3, 4-5-2SKIP code
4f1.1The Kanji Dictionary
0010.4Four corner code
472deroo
4e3bUnicode hex code
1-28-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
285Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
38New Nelson (John Haig)
1938New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2437Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1231Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1696Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
266Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
284Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
91A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
196Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
49Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
100Morohashi
299A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
155Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
155Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
237sakade
106Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
315henshall3
252Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
34crowley
70Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
19Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
272Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhu3Pinyin reading
juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

seat, mat, occasion, place

Kun
むしろ
On
セキ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
370 of 2500
Radical
turban
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-7, 3-3-6SKIP code
3q7.4The Kanji Dictionary
0022.7Four corner code
544deroo
5e2dUnicode hex code
1-32-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1513Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1561New Nelson (John Haig)
3113New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3865Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1986Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2683Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1193Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1277Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
349A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1242Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
461Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8926Morohashi
520A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
379Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
380Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
444sakade
497Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
549henshall3
549Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
332Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.6busy_people
564Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1201Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi2Pinyin reading
seogKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level