Jisho

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贈

18 strokes
Radical:
shell 貝
Parts:
ハ 并 日 田 目 貝
Variants:
贈
presents, send, give to, award to, confer on, presenting something
Kun:
おく.る
On:
ゾウ、 ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1001 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 贈答 【ゾウトウ】 exchange of presents
  • 贈呈 【ゾウテイ】 presentation (of a gift, prize, etc.)
  • 遺贈 【イゾウ】 bequest, legacy
  • 恵贈 【ケイゾウ】 presenting (a gift, etc.), giving, bestowing

Kun reading compounds

  • 贈る 【おくる】 to give (as a gift), to present, to confer, to bestow, to award

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zeng4
Korean:
jeung

Spanish

  • otorgar
  • regalar
  • ofrecer

Portuguese

  • presentes
  • enviar
  • dar
  • premiar
  • conferir a
  • apresentar alguma coisa

French

  • cadeau
  • envoyer
  • offrir
  • donner
  • accorder
  • conférer
  • remise (prix)
1533 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
894 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4525 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1349 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
932 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1364 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1451 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1224 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1750 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2064 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1472 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
515 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36920P Morohashi
1634 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5827 New Nelson (John Haig)
503 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
542 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1907 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3978 2001 Kanji
7b11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-11 SKIP code
6886.6 Four corner code
1-34-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8d08 Unicode hex code

主

5 strokes
Radical:
dot 丶
Parts:
丶 王
lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Kun:
ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
On:
シュ、 ス、 シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
95 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

Kun reading compounds

  • 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

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 ず、 もん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu3
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • señor
  • jefe
  • dueño
  • patrón

Portuguese

  • senhor
  • chefe
  • mestre
  • coisa principal
  • principal

French

  • maître
  • seigneur
  • chef
  • principal
  • propriétaire
  • mari
237 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
315 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
299 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
91 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
285 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
49 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
106 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
196 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
155 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
155 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
70 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
19 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2437 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1231 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1696 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
272 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
100 Morohashi
1938 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
38 New Nelson (John Haig)
266 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
284 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
34 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
252 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
472 2001 Kanji
4f1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-4 SKIP code
4-5-2 SKIP code
2-2-3 SKIP code
0010.4 Four corner code
1-28-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e3b Unicode hex code