Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
dot
Parts:
lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Kun:
ぬしおもあるじ
On:
シュシュウ
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

6 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
sail
Kun:
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1923 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 帆船 【ハンセン】 sailing ship, sailing boat, sailing vessel
  • 帆走 【ハンソウ】 sailing
  • 横帆 【オウハン】 square sail
  • 光帆 【コウハン】 light sail, solar sail

Kun reading compounds

  • 帆 【ほ】 sail
  • 帆船 【はんせん】 sailing ship, sailing boat, sailing vessel
  • 太陽帆 【たいようほ】 solar sail
  • 三角帆 【さんかくほ】 jib sail

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan1, fan2
Korean:
beom

Spanish

  • vela de barco

Portuguese

  • Vela

French

  • voile
1711 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1863 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1469 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
948 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1249 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
239 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1154 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1444 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
558 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
242 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
185 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
413 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8787 Morohashi
210 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1551 New Nelson (John Haig)
406 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
434 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1073 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1656 2001 Kanji
3f3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4721.0 Four corner code
1-40-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e06 Unicode hex code