主 zhǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 丶 — dot
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
主任
zhǔrèn
department head
Characters in this word
任 rèn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 壬 9th heavenly stem
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 主任来了。 Zhǔrèn lái le. The department head has arrived.
- 他是主任。 Tā shì zhǔrèn. He is the department head.
- 主任在办公室。 Zhǔrèn zài bàngōngshì. The department head is in the office.
Related words
- 主人 zhǔrén host; owner
- 主要 zhǔyào main; mainly
- 主持 zhǔchí to host; to lead
- 主动 zhǔdòng active; on one's own initiative
- 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