EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    chief; main; principal; major

    日本の主要作物は米である。
    The main crop of Japan is rice.
Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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

need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

Kun
い.る、かなめ
On
ヨウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
106 of 2500
Radical
cover
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

とし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-6-3SKIP code
3e6.11The Kanji Dictionary
1040.4Four corner code
3269deroo
8981Unicode hex code
1-45-55JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4274Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5515New Nelson (John Haig)
2635New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3263Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1683Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2290Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1604Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1730Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
117A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1218Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
262Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34768PMorohashi
593A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
419Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
425Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
729sakade
887Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
623henshall3
536Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
78crowley
424Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.16busy_people
1639Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1618Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yao4, yao1Pinyin reading
yoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level