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Main One's Drop Head Husband Master Subject Leading

Kanji
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
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.
RTK Index (new) 284

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade3, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_people_role.status

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