noun

  1. freshly severed head.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
生首 なまくび

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
neck, counter for songs and poems
くび シュ おびと (2nd, N3)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)