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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

祈

8 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
斤 礼
pray, wish
Kun:
いの.る
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 祈念 【キネン】 prayer
  • 祈願 【キガン】 prayer (for something), supplication

Kun reading compounds

  • 祈る 【いのる】 to pray, to say a prayer, to say grace, to wish, to hope

Readings

Japanese names:
のり、 れい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • rezo
  • oración
  • plegaria
  • rezar
  • orar
  • invocar

Portuguese

  • orar
  • rogar

French

  • prier
  • voeu
1124 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1573 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3234 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1141 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
771 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
609 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
621 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
631 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
823 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1419 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1086 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
588 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
779 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1138 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24640P Morohashi
875 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4071 New Nelson (John Haig)
1128 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1209 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1211 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
654 2001 Kanji
4e4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
3222.1 Four corner code
1-21-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7948 Unicode hex code