主

owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #64 U+4E3B

Pictograph (象形字)

A lamp 王 with a flame 丶

components: 丶王

lord · Heisig RSH #277

a drop of + 王 king + 玉 jade — as a component also called: candlestick

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 主 as their sound component

These characters all use 主 (zhǔ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
主 sound component	zhǔ	to own; to host; master; host; lord
注	zhù	to concentrate, to focus
柱	zhù	to lean on; pillar, post, support
驻	zhù	stable; station, garrison
蛀	zhù	termite, bookworm; to bore, to eat into
拄	zhǔ	post; to lean on; to prod, to ridicule
麈	zhǔ	a species of deer

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大地主	dà dì zhǔ	a large landowner
主子	zhǔ zi	Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine)
主人	zhǔ rén	owner; host; master
中国中心主义	Zhōng guó zhōng xīn zhǔ yì	Sinocentrism
主人公	zhǔ rén gōng	hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
地主	dì zhǔ	landlord; landowner; host
一家之主	yī jiā zhī zhǔ	master of the house; head of the family
天主	Tiān zhǔ	God (in Catholicism); abbr. for 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], Catholicism
自主	zì zhǔ	to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
家主	jiā zhǔ	head of a household
小公主	xiǎo gōng zhǔ	lit. little princess; fig. spoiled girl; female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4]
主理人	zhǔ lǐ rén	(coll.) person in charge, manager (originally, chiefly in Hong Kong, Macau); (esp.) creati…
花花公主	huā huā gōng zhǔ	playgirl
主动	zhǔ dòng	to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: pass…
主机	zhǔ jī	main engine; (military) lead aircraft; (computing) host computer; main processor; server
国家主义	guó jiā zhǔ yì	nationalism; statism
金主	jīn zhǔ	financial backer; bankroller
主日学	zhǔ rì xué	Sunday School
主体	zhǔ tǐ	main part; bulk; body; subject; agent
人文主义	rén wén zhǔ yì	humanism