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
Radical: 丶
Reading: てん
Meaning: dot
Strokes: 1
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
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
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