首饰

shoǔ shì · HSK 7

jewelry

💍 首 (head/chief) + 饰 (adorn, decorate) = ornaments worn on the body

首 means head or foremost; 饰 means to decorate or adornment. Together: adornments, i.e. jewelry. Note 饰 contains 饣 (food/eat radical here as a phonetic-ish piece) beside 巾 (cloth) — think decorated cloth/dress goods.

首 — hair 丷 over face 自 (eye + nose)
首 is a pictograph of a head, originally drawn with hair on top and a face below (containing the eye element 目). It meant 'head' literally, then extended to 'chief, leader, first' since the head is the topmost and foremost part of the body.

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