首
Neck
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| None | くび |  +  + 目 |
Meaning: Neck
Let’s ignore the radicals for this one. Just look at the kanji. It looks like an alien with a big body (the eye radical), with weird neck going up to a pair of little eyes on a head (the horns and leaf radicals. The thing you should focus on is the thing connecting the two – that would be the neck.
So, just make sure you see the imagery described, then zoom in on the neck part of it (because this kanji means “neck!”)
Reading: くび
You find this alien with the strange neck. You poke it. It wakes up and starts yelling things it’s seen on American television (you know, to try to fit in, though it’s pretty obvious it’s an alien). “Kooby (くび) Dooby Doo!” it yells, trying to say “Scooby Dooby Doo!” and failing.
“Kooby Dooby Doo?” you ask? Then, like a broken record, the alien with the weird neck just keeps going and going and going, nonstop, until you break its neck. Then it stops.
Vocabulary
a首（くび）＝ Neck
- Meaning
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a足首（あしくび）＝ Ankle
- Meaning
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a首になる（くびになる）＝ Get Fired
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