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宗

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • religion
  • sect
  • denomination
  • main point
  • origin
  • essence

On'yomi (音読み)

  • シュウ
  • ソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • むね
Strokes
8
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#607
School Grade
Grade 6
Radical
宀#40 · roof

Components

Common Words

  • 宗家そうけNounhead of family, head house
  • 宗教しゅうきょうNounreligion, religious affiliation, belief, faith, creed
  • 宗祖しゅうそNounsect founder
  • 宗派しゅうはNounsect, denomination
  • 宗門しゅうもんNoun(religious) denomination, sect
  • 改宗かいしゅうNounreligious conversion
  • 禅宗ぜんしゅうNounZen (Buddhism)
  • 浄土真宗じょうどしんしゅうNounJōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect), True Pure Land School

Practice in Kanjiru

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