| 1207 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 726 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4669 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1062 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 949 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 746 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1055 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1098 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1133 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 680 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3796 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1939 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2632 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1717 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38748P | Morohashi |
| 3059 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6019 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1702 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1837 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1145 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
625 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 迎賓館 【ゲイヒンカン】 reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries), guest house, State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
- 迎撃 【ゲイゲキ】 intercept, interception, counter-attack
- 奉迎 【ホウゲイ】 welcome
- 盛んな歓迎 【サカンナカンゲイ】 cordial reception
Kun reading compounds
- 迎える 【むかえる】 to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail, to call for, to summon, to invite, to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to take (e.g. a wife), to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.), to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.), to approach (e.g. death)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- むかえ
- Korean:
- yeong
Spanish
- bienvenida
- recibir
- ir a recibir
Portuguese
- receber bem
- reunião
- saudar
French
- accueil
- rencontrer
- saluer
| 2644 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3730.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8fce | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
95 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- 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 |