A kanji
主
lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
- 5 strokes
- Taught in grade 3 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 95 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
シュ、ス、シュウ
Kun'yomi
ぬし、おも、あるじ
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 主 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 主 25 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N4 · 1 word
JLPT N3 · 5 words
JLPT N2 · 5 words
JLPT N1 · 14 words
- 主人公しゅじんこうprotagonist
- 自主じしゅindependence, autonomy
- 主しゅowner, master, god
- 君主くんしゅruler, monarch
- 主導しゅどうmain leadership
- 主任しゅにんperson in charge, responsible official
- 地主じぬしlandlord
- 主演しゅえんstarring, playing the leading part
- 主観しゅかんsubjectivity, subject, ego
- 主権しゅけんsovereignty
- 主催しゅさいorganization, sponsorship, to host
- 主食しゅしょくstaple food
- 主体しゅたいsubject, main constituent
- 主題しゅだいsubject, theme, motif
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 主.
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