JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
注 means to pour, note. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 8 strokes, read ちゅう or そそぐ. It combines 氵 (water), which carries the meaning, with 主, which is there for its sound ちゅう. It appears in 注射 (injection) and 注意 (attention / caution / warning).
注 is written in 8 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
注 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 注射 | ちゅうしゃ | injection |
| 注意 | ちゅうい | attention / caution / warning |
主 tends to carry the sound ちゅう. They carry it; they do not all mean the same thing.
| Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 主 | ちゅう | lord, chief |
| 住 | ちゅう | dwell, reside |
| 注 | ちゅう | pour, irrigate |
| 駐 | ちゅう | stop-over, reside in |
| 柱 | ちゅう | pillar, post |
These use 氵 or 主 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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