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 シュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てん

Meaning: dot

Strokes: 1

Examples

Examples with audio

人(しゅじん)   one's own husband

婦(しゅふ)   housewife

義(みんしゅしゅぎ)   democracy

要な(しゅような)   main

体的な(しゅたいてきな)   subjective

張する(しゅちょうする)   claim, insist

(ぼうず)   Buddhist priest

持ち(もちぬし)   owner

(かぶぬし)   stockholder

に(おもに)   mainly

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

Onyomi Examples

シュ (one's) master, Lord, the main thing, the majority, the primary concern

首位 シュイ first place, head position, leading position

ジシュ independence, autonomy, self-reliance

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

honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

ホッス high priest

ザス temple's head priest

シュ (one's) master, Lord, the main thing, the majority, the primary concern

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

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

せんしゅ shipowner

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

おもに mainly, primarily

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

おんなあるじ female owner, proprietress, landlady

坊の ぼうのあるじ master of the priests quarters