Entry
  1. Noun

    subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust

    Rare term

  2. (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

statue, picture, image, figure, portrait

On
ゾウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
856 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Used in names as

かた

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-2-12SKIP code
2a12.8The Kanji Dictionary
2723.2Four corner code
2151deroo
50cfUnicode hex code
1-33-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
308New Nelson (John Haig)
166New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
187Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
123Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
144Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1977Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2131Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
906A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2061Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
524Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1084Morohashi
740A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
740Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
753Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
664sakade
334Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
762henshall3
796Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
940Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
133Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1996Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiang4Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

Kun
ぬしおもあるじ
On
シュシュウ
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