主 zhǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 丶 — dot
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
主管
zhǔguǎn
person in charge; to be in charge of
Characters in this word
管 guǎn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 官 official, public servant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他是主管。 Tā shì zhǔguǎn. He is the manager.
- 主管在开会。 Zhǔguǎn zài kāi huì. The manager is in a meeting.
- 谁主管这里？ Shéi zhǔguǎn zhèlǐ? Who is in charge here?
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