560 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1128 | Morohashi |
329 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 僭位 【センイ】 usurpation of a throne
- 僭越 【センエツ】 presumptuous, arrogant, audacious, forward, insolent
Kun reading compounds
- 僭する 【せんする】 to usurp boastfully
Readings
- Korean:
- cham
Spanish
Portuguese
French
2a12.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-12 | SKIP code |
2526.1 | Four corner code |
1-49-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
50ed | 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 |
system, law, rule
- On:
- セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
108 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 制 【セイ】 system, organization, organisation, imperial command, laws, regulation, control, government, suppression, restraint, holding back, establishment
- 制圧 【セイアツ】 gaining total control (of people or counties), suppression, oppression, control, mastery, ascendancy, supremacy
- 天皇制 【テンノウセイ】 the Emperor System
- 帝政 【テイセイ】 imperial government, imperialism, monarchical rule
Readings
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- determinar
- establecer
- comprobar
- cesar
- poner fin
- sistema
- construir
Portuguese
- sistema
- lei
- regra
French
- système
- règle
- loi
- régime
- contrôle
823 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
744 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
722 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
196 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
683 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
635 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
357 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
656 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
427 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
433 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
687 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
193 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1624 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
854 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1170 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
425 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1961 | Morohashi |
1274 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
481 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
418 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
447 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
161 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
689 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2443 | 2001 Kanji |
2f6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-2 | SKIP code |
2220.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5236 | Unicode hex code |