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主 ぬし、おも、あるじ lord, chief, master, main thing, principal 4 95 5 3 てん・ちょぼ・ちゅ・ちゅてん 象形 Pictographic A lord is a little drop down from King in hierarchy.

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シュ、ス、シュウ かず, ず, もん 主人(しゅじん): (1) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady (2) one's husband (3) (one's) employer; (one's) master (4) host; hostess民主(みんしゅ): (1) democracy; popular sovereignty (2) democratic主義(しゅぎ): doctrine; rule; principle主催(しゅさい): sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging主張(しゅちょう): claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet主婦(しゅふ): housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker主要(しゅよう): chief; main; principal; major自主(じしゅ): independence; autonomy主権(しゅけん): sovereignty; supremacy; dominion主体(しゅたい): (1) main constituent; core; nucleus (2) subject (philosophical); protagonist主任(しゅにん): person in charge; responsible official; senior staff主役(しゅやく): leading part; leading actor (actress)主に(おもに): mainly; primarily主演(しゅえん): starring; playing the leading part主題(しゅだい): subject; theme; motif主食(しゅしょく): staple food地主(じぬし): landlord; landowner家主(やぬし): landlord主導(しゅどう): leadership; initiative; spearhead主人公(しゅじんこう): (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story) (2) head of household君主(くんしゅ): ruler; monarch; sovereign主観(しゅかん): (1) subjectivity; subject; ego (2) one's personal opinion; one's own ideaご主人(ごしゅじん): your husband; her husband主(しゅ): (1) (one's) master (2) Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) (3) the main thing; the majority; the primary concern主(ぬし): (1) head (of a household, etc.); leader; master (2) owner; proprietor; proprietress (3) subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed) (4) guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.) (5) husband (6) you主語(しゅご): subject主なる(おもなる): main; principal; important 3 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8)玉: jewel; ball 丶 1 (none) lord Although this kanji´s meaning hasn´t caused me much trouble, I´ve had problems remembering the direction of the drop above king, since drops at tops of kanji often seem to appear in different directions. To remember this one, I think of the placement of the drop in jewel (#256). Both of them use the king primitive and include a short drop stroke going from the top left to bottom right.

Kanji	主
Onyomi	シュ、ス、シュウ
Kunyomi	ぬし、おも、あるじ
Nanori	かず, ず, もん
English	lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Examples	主人(しゅじん): (1) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady (2) one's husband (3) (one's) employer; (one's) master (4) host; hostess 民主(みんしゅ): (1) democracy; popular sovereignty (2) democratic 主義(しゅぎ): doctrine; rule; principle 主催(しゅさい): sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging 主張(しゅちょう): claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet 主婦(しゅふ): housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker 主要(しゅよう): chief; main; principal; major 自主(じしゅ): independence; autonomy 主権(しゅけん): sovereignty; supremacy; dominion 主体(しゅたい): (1) main constituent; core; nucleus (2) subject (philosophical); protagonist 主任(しゅにん): person in charge; responsible official; senior staff 主役(しゅやく): leading part; leading actor (actress) 主に(おもに): mainly; primarily 主演(しゅえん): starring; playing the leading part 主題(しゅだい): subject; theme; motif 主食(しゅしょく): staple food 地主(じぬし): landlord; landowner 家主(やぬし): landlord 主導(しゅどう): leadership; initiative; spearhead 主人公(しゅじんこう): (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story) (2) head of household 君主(くんしゅ): ruler; monarch; sovereign 主観(しゅかん): (1) subjectivity; subject; ego (2) one's personal opinion; one's own idea ご主人(ごしゅじん): your husband; her husband 主(しゅ): (1) (one's) master (2) Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) (3) the main thing; the majority; the primary concern 主(ぬし): (1) head (of a household, etc.); leader; master (2) owner; proprietor; proprietress (3) subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed) (4) guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.) (5) husband (6) you 主語(しゅご): subject 主なる(おもなる): main; principal; important
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	95
Components	亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 玉: jewel; ball
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	丶
Radical Number	3
Radical Strokes	1
Radical Reading	てん・ちょぼ・ちゅ・ちゅてん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	lord
Koohii Story 1	A lord is a little drop down from King in hierarchy.
Koohii Story 2	Although this kanji´s meaning hasn´t caused me much trouble, I´ve had problems remembering the direction of the drop above king, since drops at tops of kanji often seem to appear in different directions. To remember this one, I think of the placement of the drop in jewel (#256). Both of them use the king primitive and include a short drop stroke going from the top left to bottom right.

Main One's Drop Head Husband Master Subject Leading