主

Glyph origin

 * A picture of a lamp or a torch with a flame at the top.

Original form of. Current meaning acquired by sound loan.

Etymology
Unclear. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬

Definitions

 * 1) owner; master
 * 2) host
 * 3)  you honorific second-person pronoun addressing a "senior official" [] or his spouse
 * 4)  Lord
 * 5) emperor
 * 6)  person of a specified type
 * 7) agent; agency
 * 8) party; entity
 * 9) main; primary; principal; major
 * 10) to be in charge; to lead; to command
 * 11) to indicate; to signify
 * 1) party; entity
 * 2) main; primary; principal; major
 * 3) to be in charge; to lead; to command
 * 4) to indicate; to signify
 * 1) to be in charge; to lead; to command
 * 2) to indicate; to signify
 * 1) to be in charge; to lead; to command
 * 2) to indicate; to signify
 * 1) to indicate; to signify
 * 1) to indicate; to signify

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) lord, master
 * 2) main, principal

Etymology 1
From.

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Noun

 * 1) head of the family
 * 2) master, mistress
 * 3) one's husband
 * 4) proprietor, landlord

Proper noun

 * 1) the Lord

Etymology
From.

Usage notes

 * Despite being a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading, chúa is still used as Sino-Vietnamese in a few compounds such as, , , ,.

Compounds

 * (主權)
 * (主席)
 * (主席)