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U+4E3B, 主
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E3B

[U+4E3A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E3C]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 3, +4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜土 (YG), four-corner 00104, composition or )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 80, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 100
  • Dae Jaweon: page 163, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 44, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4E3B
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Pictogram (象形). Three distinct forms can be observed in ancient scripts, all of which have merged into the same character in modern script:

  1. A lamp or torch with a flame at the top. Original form of .
  2. Wood (, now ) on fire.
  3. A spirit tablet. Same character as .

Unrelated to the right component of (< 𢓸).

Etymology

Unclear. Compare Tibetan ཇོ་བོ (jo bo, elder brother, nobleman, lord), Tibetan ཇོ་མོ (jo mo, mistress, lady, goddess), Tibetan ཐུ། (thu, chief), Proto-Monic *(d)ndooʔ (to teach, to instruct; headman), and Thai โจก (jòok, leader, chief) (Schuessler, 2007)

Also compare Burmese အတို့ (a.tui., honorific personal pronoun).

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • zou3 - vernacular;
  • zy3 - literary.

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Definitions

  1. owner; master
  2. host
  3. (archaic, honorific) you (honorific second-person pronoun addressing a "senior official" [大夫] or his spouse)
  4. (Christianity, Islam) God, Lord
  5. emperor
  6. (colloquial, derogatory) person of a specified type
  7. agent; agency
       zhǔdòng   active
       zhǔ   subject (one who possesses agency)
  8. party; entity
       shìzhǔ   party (in a dispute, especially the one bringing forth the dispute)
  9. main; primary; principal; major
       zhǔyào   main
       zhǔyǎn   leading actor
       zhǔxiū   major curriculum
  10. to be in charge; to lead; to command
       zhǔshì   to be in charge
  11. to indicate; to signify
  12. (grammar) short for 主語主语 (zhǔyǔ)
  13. (historical) short for 公主 (gōngzhǔ)
  14. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (しゅ) (shu)
  • Korean: 주(主) (ju)
  • Vietnamese: chủ ()

Others:

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. Classifier for events.
  2. alternative form of (zhù, to pour into)

References

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