TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
首
首 ＝ 丷 ＋ 自
ㄕㄡˇ · shǒu
noun — head; chief, first; measure — for songs and poems
字源 FORM — what the parts do
丷形the hair — tufts abovethe 一 beneath binds them
A head in profile — hair (丷) on top, the face below drawn large around its eye, in today's strokes the 自 shape. The head leads the body: 首先 first, 首都 the capital, 元首 the head of state; and one head counts a song, 一首歌.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
隊伍停了。最前面那顆頭（自）一轉，整排人跟著轉。
The column halts. The head (自) at the front turns — and the whole line turns after it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)頭— the head
→首先、首都、元首— first; the capital; the chief — where the head is常用
→一首（歌、詩）— measure for songs and poems
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension