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宗

JLPT N1 SL6 8 strokes Frequency: #997

Meanings

Religion, Sect, Denomination, Main Point, Origin, Essence

Radicals

宀

Decomposition

⿱宀示

Etymology

Ideographic: An altar 示 to the ancestor spirits found in one's home 宀

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

7 diagonal bottom-to-top

8 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュウ shuu

ソウ sou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

むね mune

Words Using This Kanji

133 words total

Other (20 words)

非宗教主義ひしゅうきょうしゅぎ

secularism

三論宗さんろんしゅう

Sanron sect (of Buddhism)

立宗りっしゅう

founding of a religion (or sect)

孟宗もうそう

moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

宗教テロしゅうきょうテロ

religious terrorism

伴天連宗バテレンしゅう

Christianity

宗門改役しゅうもんあらためやく

magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

南蛮宗なんばんしゅう

Christianity

宗国そうこく

suzerain

宗教社会学しゅうきょうしゃかいがく

sociology of religion

宗教人類学しゅうきょうじんるいがく

anthropology of religion

組織宗教そしきしゅうきょう

organized religion

宗旨替えしゅうしがえ

conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.)

比較宗教学ひかくしゅうきょうがく

comparative religion

融通念仏宗ゆうずうねんぶつしゅう

Yuzu Nembutsu (school of Pure Land Buddhism)

宗和流そうわりゅう

Sōwa school of tea ceremony

宗旦流そうたんりゅう

Sōtan school of tea ceremony

宗教法人法しゅうきょうほうじんほう

Religious Corporations Act

密宗みっしゅう

tantrism

雲門宗うんもんしゅう

Yunmen School

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