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宗

religion
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingシュウ、ソウ
Kun readingむね
JōyōGrade 6
  1. sect
  2. denomination
  3. tenets (of a religious sect)

Popular Usage

宗教

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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house · altar (示) · show (示) · two (二) · small (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1181

Compound words

宗教しゅうきょう
religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed
改宗かいしゅう
religious conversion
宗家そうけ
head of family; head house; sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator
宗祖しゅうそ
sect founder
宗派しゅうは
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
宗門しゅうもん
(religious) denomination; sect
禅宗ぜんしゅう
Zen (Buddhism)
浄土真宗じょうどしんしゅう
Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
徳川吉宗とくがわよしむね
Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751), eighth Tokugawa shogun, known for the Kyōhō Reforms and planting Tokyo's cherry trees.

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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