主 zhǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 丶 — dot
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
主要
zhǔyào
main; mainly
Characters in this word
要 yào
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 覀 — west, western, westward
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 女 woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 主要是太贵。 Zhǔ yào shì tài guì. The main thing is that it is too expensive.
- 他主要学中文。 Tā zhǔ yào xué Zhōng wén. He mainly studies Chinese.
- 主要问题来了。 Zhǔ yào wèn tí lái le. The main problem has come.
Related words
- 主人 zhǔrén host; owner
- 主持 zhǔchí to host; to lead
- 主动 zhǔdòng active; on one's own initiative
- 主任 zhǔrèn department head
- 主意 zhǔyi idea
- 主张 zhǔzhāng to support; position
- 自主 zìzhǔ independent
- 主题 zhǔtí topic; theme
- 主席 zhǔxí chairperson
- 车主 chēzhǔ car owner
- 为主 wéizhǔ mainly; as the main thing
- 主办 zhǔbàn to host; to organize