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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

95 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

Kunyomi: ぬし, おも, あるじ

Onyomi: シュ, ス, シュウ

Composition: 亠 王 丶

主

Radical

Radical: 丶

Reading: てん

Meaning: dot

Strokes: 1

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Examples

Examples with audio

主人(しゅじん)   one's own husband

主婦(しゅふ)   housewife

民主主義(みんしゅしゅぎ)   democracy

主要な(しゅような)   main

主体的な(しゅたいてきな)   subjective

主張する(しゅちょうする)   claim, insist

坊主(ぼうず)   Buddhist priest

持ち主(もちぬし)   owner

株主(かぶぬし)   stockholder

主に(おもに)   mainly

一家の主(いっかのあるじ)   master of the household

Onyomi Examples

主 (シュ) (one's) master, (one's) employer, (one's) lord, leader (of a country, group, etc.), head, chief, Lord, main thing, chief part, first consideration, primary object, principal aim

主 (シュウ) (one's) master, (one's) employer, (one's) lord

自主 (ジシュ) independence, autonomy, self-reliance

盟主 (メイシュ) leader (of an alliance), leading power

主 (ス) honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

法主 (ホッス) high priest

座主 (ザス) temple's head priest

主 (シュウ) (one's) master, (one's) employer, (one's) lord

主従 (シュウジュウ) master and servant, lord and retainer, employer and employee

男主 (オトコアルジ) male head of a household, male owner, landlord, proprietor, male employer

Kunyomi Examples

主 (ぬし) head (of a household, etc.), leader, master, owner, proprietor, proprietress, subject (of a rumour, etc.), doer (of a deed), guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers), long-time resident (or employee, etc.), husband, you

馬主 (うまぬし) owner of a horse (esp. racehorse), registered owner (of a racehorse)

船主 (せんしゅ) shipowner

主 (おも) chief, main, principal, important, main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

主に (おもに) mainly, primarily, mostly, largely, chiefly

主 (あるじ) head (of a household), proprietor (of a store), proprietress, landlord, landlady, master (of a servant), entertaining someone as one's guest

男主 (おとこあるじ) male head of a household, male owner, landlord, proprietor, male employer

女主 (おんなあるじ) female owner, proprietress, landlady, female head of a household

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