主
N4 WaniKani
Stroke Order
Meaning
Lord, Chief, Master, Main Thing
On'yomi (音読み)
しゅ, す, しゅう
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
ぬし, おも, あるじ
Stroke Count
5 strokes
主 in useful words
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- 主義しゅぎ
- doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
- 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; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet
- 喪主もしゅ
- chief mourner
- 民主みんしゅ
- democracy; popular sovereignty
- 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこく
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK
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