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主
JLPT N4 SL3 5 strokes Frequency: #95

Meanings

Lord, Chief, Master, Main Thing, Principal

Radicals

丶

Decomposition

⿱丶王

Etymology

Pictographic: A lamp 王 with a flame 丶

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left
2 horizontal bottom-to-top
3 vertical right-to-left
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
5 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ス su
シュウ shuu
シュ shu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
おも omo
あるじ aruji
ぬし nushi

Words Using This Kanji

1100 words total
Other (20 words)
ロマン主義 ロマンしゅぎ

romanticism

主なる おもなる

main

買い主 かいぬし

buyer

主人 しゅじん

head (of a household)

創造主 そうぞうしゅ

Creator

主客 しゅかく

host and guest

主従 しゅうじゅう

master and servant

主根 しゅこん

main root

裸体主義 らたいしゅぎ

nudism

飼い主 かいぬし

(pet) owner

事なかれ主義 ことなかれしゅぎ

(philosophy of) not rocking the boat

主意 しゅい

central meaning

主取 しゅうどり

entering the service of a daimyo

主客転倒 しゅかくてんとう

reversing the order of (relative) importance (of)

主持ち しゅうもち

serving a master

主唱 しゅしょう

advocacy

島主 とうしゅ

island chief

持ち主 もちぬし

owner

雇い主 やといぬし

employer

家主 やぬし

landlord

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