1291 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1363 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5425 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1269 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1394 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1454 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1478 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1575 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1781 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1875 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2622 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1340 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1817 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1748 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13467 | Morohashi |
2115 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2368 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1732 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1869 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1503 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1155 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 斎場 【サイジョウ】 funeral hall, ceremony site
- 斎院 【サイイン】 imperial princess who served as a priestess at Ise
- 大斎 【タイサイ】 Great Lent, Great Fast
- 小斎 【ショウサイ】 abstinence (in Catholicism)
Kun reading compounds
- 斎 【とき】 meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
- 忌む 【いむ】 to avoid, to refrain from, to shun, to detest
- 祝う 【いわう】 to celebrate, to congratulate, to observe (a festival), to present (a gift) in celebration, to drink in celebration, to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.), to pray for
- 斎く 【いつく】 to worship, to enshrine
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いつき、 さえ、 ひとし、 いつ、 きよ、 ただ、 とき、 よし
- Korean:
- jae, ja
Spanish
- purificación y culto
- habitación para aislarse
Portuguese
- purificação
- comida de Budistas
- quarto
- adorar
- evitar
- da mesma forma
- semelhante
French
- purification
- nourriture bouddhiste
- pièce
- adorer
- éviter
- semblable
454 | 2001 Kanji |
2j9.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-9 | SKIP code |
4-11-4 | SKIP code |
2-4-7 | SKIP code |
0022.4 | Four corner code |
1-26-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
658e | 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
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
- 女主 【おんなあるじ】 female owner, proprietress, landlady
- 坊の主 【ぼうのあるじ】 master of the priests quarters
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 |