主人公

Chinese
master; owner; host
 
just; honorable; public
just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (主人公) 主人 公
simp. #(主人公) 主人 公

Pronunciation

Noun

主人公

  1. protagonist (main character)
  2. (literary, honorific) host (person who receives or entertains other people as guests)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
主 人 公
しゅ
Grade: 3		 じん
Grade: 1		 こう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 主人公 (MC t͡ɕɨoX ȵiɪn kuŋ).

Pronunciation

Noun

主(しゅ)人(じん)公(こう) • (shujinkō) 

  1. a protagonist (main character)
    この物(もの)語(がたり)の主(しゅ)人(じん)公(こう)は蛙(かえる)である。
    Kono monogatari no shujinkō wa kaeru de aru.
    The main character in this story is a frog.

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
主人公

Noun

主人公 • (ju'in'gong) (hangeul 주인공)

  1. Hanja form? of 주인공 (“protagonist”). (main character)
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