to read (look at and interpret written text) / to read (speak aloud written text) / to infer; to speculate / to count

a book / a script; a scenario / source; origin; root

just

Alternative spelling of 頭 (“head”) (part of the body)

poems and songs

(rare) the first one; a lord

neck / counter for songs and poems / beginning, first

neck (part of the body connecting head and torso) / the neck and head as a whole / dismissal from employment

(archaic) one who rules or commands a group of people: a chief

to be fired; to lose one's job