Hana no Nihongo

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Learn Japanese kanji 首!

この漢字は「首」です。

首 -くび  a neck

足首 - あしくび an ankle

手首- てくび a wrist

首になる - くびになる to get fired from one’s job; to get a sack

首振り扇風機 -くびぶりせんぷうき an oscillating/rotating fan

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Japanese proverb 諺:

子は三界の首枷 - こはさんがいのくびかせ Children are a burden to the parents (tying up their time and shackling them to the world as one of the generations in passing)

(lit. Children yoke parents to the past, present, and future.)

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