SHOU-3

('shou' in the third tone)

Some 14 standard Chinese characters are spoken 'shou'. There is no predominant sound-defining component.

手 = hand

歌手 = ge(1)shou(3) = singer, vocalist

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首 = leader, first

首页 = shou(3)ye(4) = the index page of a website

雅虎首页 = ya(3)hu(3) shou(3)ye(4) = the index page of Yahoo (www.cn.yahoo.com)