EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    principal offence; principal offense; principal offender

    Law

    彼は男が主犯ではないかとさえ思った。
    He even suspected that the man was the principal offender.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

Kun
ぬし、おも、あるじ
On
シュ、ス、シュウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
95 of 2500
Radical
dot
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

かず、ず、もん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-4, 2-2-3, 4-5-2SKIP code
4f1.1The Kanji Dictionary
0010.4Four corner code
472deroo
4e3bUnicode hex code
1-28-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
285Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
38New Nelson (John Haig)
1938New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2437Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1231Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1696Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
266Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
284Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
91A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
196Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
49Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
100Morohashi
299A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
155Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
155Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
237sakade
106Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
315henshall3
252Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
34crowley
70Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
19Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
272Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhu3Pinyin reading
juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

crime, sin, offense

Kun
おか.す
On
ハン、ボン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
874 of 2500
Radical
dog
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
3g2.1The Kanji Dictionary
4721.2Four corner code
2956deroo
72afUnicode hex code
1-40-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2869Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3554New Nelson (John Haig)
196New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
229Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
146Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
175Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1414Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1517Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
711A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
771Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
20238Morohashi
768A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
882Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
903Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
859sakade
726Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
789henshall3
652Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1046Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1299Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1426Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fan4Pinyin reading
beomKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level