Meaning
denomination · essence · main point · origin · religion · sect
On'yomi
シュウ · ソウ
Kun'yomi
むね
Common compounds (14)
- 宗教 しゅうきょうreligious activity
- 宗 しゅうtenets (of a religious sect)
- 宗門 しゅうもん(religious) denomination; sect
- 宗派 しゅうはschool (e.g. of poetry)
- 浄土真宗 じょうどしんしゅうJōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
- 宗主国 そうしゅこくsuzerain state
- 天台宗 てんだいしゅうTendai sect (of Buddhism)
- 浄土宗 じょうどしゅうPure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
- 宗教家 しゅうきょうかreligious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
- 宗家 そうかhead of family; originator
- 禅宗 ぜんしゅうZen (Buddhism)
- 宗祖 しゅうそsect founder