主

zhǔ

owner

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

a picture of 主 → a lamp with a flame, marking the one in charge

The flame atop the lamp marks the one who keeps the light — the master, the host, the one in charge. From that single burning point came the sense of primacy and ownership.

丶+王→主

这栋房子的主人是一位老人。

zhè dòng fáng zi de zhǔ rén shì yī wèi lǎo rén。

The owner of this house is an elderly person.

今晚的晚会由她来做主持人。

jīn wǎn de wǎn huì yóu tā lái zuò zhǔ chí rén。

She will serve as the host of tonight's evening party.

Words with 主

主刀

zhǔ dāo

to act as the chief surgeon

主攻

zhǔ gōng

main assault

主政

zhǔ zhèng

to lead a government

主办

zhǔ bàn

to organize

寄主

jì zhǔ

host (of a parasite)

主导权

zhǔ dǎo quán

leadership (role)

享乐主义

xiǎng lè zhǔ yì

hedonism

业主

yè zhǔ

owner

天主教会

tiān zhǔ jiào huì

the Catholic Church

民主派

mín zhǔ pài

(Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats

主见

zhǔ jiàn

one's own view; definite opinion

唯心主义

wéi xīn zhǔ yì

philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness

More characters with 丶

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