宗: Religion; Sect; DenominationKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (シュウ・ソウ)

• 宗教しゅうきょうreligion; religious affiliation
• 宗しゅうsect; denomination
• 宗門しゅうもん(religious) denomination; sect
• 宗派しゅうはsect; denomination
• 浄土真宗じょうどしんしゅうJōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
• 天台宗てんだいしゅうTendai sect (of Buddhism)
• 宗主国そうしゅこくsuzerain state
• 宗家そうけhead of family; originator
• 宗教家しゅうきょうかreligious leader; person of religion
• 宗旨しゅうしtenets (of a religious sect); doctrines
• 宗祖しゅうそsect founder
• 改宗かいしゅうreligious conversion
• 浄土宗じょうどしゅうPure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
• 禅宗ぜんしゅうZen (Buddhism)
• バテレン宗バテレンしゅうChristianity
• 一向宗いっこうしゅうJōdo Shinshū
• 一宗いっしゅうsect; denomination
• 三論宗さんろんしゅうSanron sect (of Buddhism)
• 世界宗教せかいしゅうきょう(major) world religion (i.e. Christianity, Buddhism, Islam)
• 世界宗教者平和会議せかいしゅうきょうしゃへいわかいぎWorld Conference of Religions for Peace
• 仏心宗ぶっしんしゅうZen (Buddhism)
• 他宗たしゅうanother sect
• 倫理的宗教りんりてきしゅうきょうethical religion
• 倶舎宗くしゃしゅうKusha Sect
• 八宗はっしゅうthe two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period
• 助宗鱈すけそうだらwalleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma); Alaska pollack
• 南蛮宗なんばんしゅうChristianity
• 南都六宗なんとろくしゅうsix sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
• 原始宗教げんししゅうきょうprimitive religion
• 反宗教主義はんしゅうきょうしゅぎsecularism
• 反宗教改革はんしゅうきょうかいかくCounter-Reformation
• 古義真言宗こぎしんごんしゅうKogi Shingon ("Old Shingon" school of Buddhism)
• 同宗どうしゅうthe same sect
• 唯識宗ゆいしきしゅうHosso sect (of Buddhism)
• 啓示宗教けいじしゅうきょうrevealed religion
• 大宗たいそうleading figure; foundation
• 大宗教だいしゅうきょうmajor religion; great religion
• 孟宗もうそうmoso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)
• 孟宗の節もうそうのふしroot of a moso bamboo
• 孟宗竹もうそうちくmoso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
• 宗主そうしゅsuzerain
• 宗主権そうしゅけんsuzerainty
• 宗伯そうはくMinister of Rites (Zhou-dynasty China)
• 宗務しゅうむreligious matters
• 宗匠そうしょうmaster; teacher
• 宗国そうこくsuzerain; suzerain state
• 宗太鰹そうだがつおfrigate tuna (Auxis spp.)
• 宗学しゅうがくstudy of religious doctrine
• 宗廟そうびょうancestral shrine (temple); mausoleum (of one's ancestors)
• 宗徒しゅうとbeliever; follower
• 宗教テロしゅうきょうテロreligious terrorism
• 宗教上しゅうきょうじょうreligious; spiritual
• 宗教人類学しゅうきょうじんるいがくanthropology of religion; religious anthropology
• 宗教劇しゅうきょうげきreligious drama; miracle play
• 宗教勧誘員しゅうきょうかんゆういんdoor-to-door solicitor; door-to-door preacher
• 宗教史しゅうきょうしreligious history; history of religion
• 宗教右派しゅうきょううは(the) religious right

Other readings

• 伴天連宗バテレンしゅうChristianity
• 宗太鰹属ソウダガツオぞくAuxis (genus of tuna)
• 宗教々育しゅうきょうきょういくreligious education

Showing the 60 most common of 134 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 宗

• 教
• 改
• 真
• 学
• 門
• 主
• 義
• 法
• 派
• 立
• 旨
• 祖