Kanji
N3 9 strokes Grade 2 freq #98

neck, counter for songs and poems

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

neck kubi

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.)
head; leader
(national) capital (city); metropolis
party leader
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area
first place; head position
one tanka; one poem
sovereign; ruler
head (of organization, organisation); chief
plotting; planning (crime, intrigue)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

neck
ankle
wrist
(death by) hanging
decapitation; beheading
nape of the neck; back of the neck

Example sentences

He was forced to resign as prime minister.

His resignation as Prime Minister came as a surprise.

Leaders are trying to do away with impediments to economic growth.

The top leaders of seven countries attended the meeting.