noun
Standard anatomical term for the wrist joint.
転んで手首を痛めた。
I fell and hurt my wrist.
彼女は細い手首に時計をはめている。
She wears a watch on her slender wrist.
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency and priority.
Rarely used kanji form; 頸 is not a jōyō kanji.
Compound of 手 (hand) and 首 (neck), literally 'hand neck', referring to the narrow part connecting the hand to the arm.