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主 means 'master'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 85   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-3    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 7    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 281 words   Used in 969 words   Used in 436 names   Component in 38 kanji (8 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シュ   ス
Kun
   ぬし landlord   おも main
Additional readings
On    シュウ
Kun    あるじ master, proprietor, owner
Name    かず   ず   もん
Variants
龶  
Components
⿱  丶 dot  王 king  
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See also
壬 burden  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 主 is used 36 times, read 4 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 主 is used 954 times, read 6 ways (with 2 variations).
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シュ : 834 words FIND ALL
し ゅ よ う 0
chief; main; principal; major
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ス (read as ず) : 32 words FIND ALL
ぼ う ず 1
noun
1. Buddhist priest; bonze
2. close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head
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シュウ : 7 words FIND ALL
し ゅ う も ち 4
noun
serving a master; employee
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ス : 6 words FIND ALL
ほ っ す 0
noun
high priest
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シュ (read as じゅ) : 1 word FIND ALL
い ん じ ゅ 0
noun
head of a temple
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ぬし : 58 words FIND ALL
じ ぬ し 0
noun
landlord; landowner
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おも : 11 words FIND ALL
お も に 1
mainly; primarily
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あるじ : 5 words FIND ALL
あ る じ 1
Most common form: 主人
noun
1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)  (abbreviation)
2. entertaining someone as one's guest  (see also: 饗設け; also written as 饗; archaic)
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An additional 壬 less common words include 主 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 315 (originally: 299)  Joy o' Kanji : 299  Key to Kanji: 470 

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主
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
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