Jisho

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願

19 strokes
Radical:
leaf 頁
Parts:
ハ 厂 小 白 目 貝 頁
petition, request, vow, wish, hope
Kun:
ねが.う、 -ねがい
On:
ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
894 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 願 【ガン】 prayer, wish, vow
  • 願書 【ガンショ】 (written) application, written request, petition, written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
  • 本願 【ホンガン】 Amida Buddha's original vow, long-cherished desire
  • 祈願 【キガン】 prayer (for something), supplication

Kun reading compounds

  • 願う 【ねがう】 to desire, to wish, to hope, to beg, to request, to implore, to pray, to have something done for oneself

Readings

Japanese names:
ら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • petición
  • deseo
  • anhelo
  • desear
  • pedir
  • rogar

Portuguese

  • petição
  • solicitação
  • voto
  • desejo
  • esperança

French

  • demande
  • prière
  • souhait
  • voeu
  • espoir
368 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
469 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
446 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
869 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
255 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
428 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1011 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
581 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
590 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
862 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1897 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2320 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1637 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
137 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43623 Morohashi
1845 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6653 New Nelson (John Haig)
135 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
143 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
637 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3361 2001 Kanji
9a10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-9 SKIP code
3-3-16 SKIP code
7128.6 Four corner code
1-20-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9858 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