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主 — 5 strokes / Radical「丶」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 5 strokes / Radical「丶」
On
シュ・スしゅ・す · shu · su
Kun
ぬし・おもnushi · omo
Meaning
master, main

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of a flame burning on top of a lampstand. It came to mean the central one: 'master, main'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシュしゅshu主人しゅじん主権しゅけん施主せしゅ
Onスすsu法主ほうしゅ坊主ぼうず

「法主(ホッス)」は,「ホウシュ」,「ホッシュ」とも。

Kunぬしnushi主ぬし地主じぬし
Kunおもomo主な人々おもなひとびと

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 主人しゅじん

    master, husband

  • 持ち主もちぬし

    owner

More words with this kanji

  • 君主くんしゅ
  • 主婦しゅふ
  • 主張しゅちょう
  • 飼い主かいぬし
  • 主将しゅしょう
  • 坊主ぼうず

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この 本(ほん)の 持(も)ち主(ぬし)は だれですか。

Who is the owner of this book?

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

主人持ち主主人person持to hol…丸round丹red丼bowl守protec…取take酒alcoho…子child手hand
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)