主人公

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Chinese

master; owner; host
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; 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)

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Derived terms

Japanese

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

From Middle Chinese 主人公 (MC tsyuX nyin kuwng).

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “しゅじん‐こう 【主人公】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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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