Kanji1 / 8
宗 kanji
religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
シュウソウ
Kun readings
むね
Words with 宗
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —日本宗教連盟Japanese Association of Religious Organizations
- —世界宗教者平和会議World Conference of Religions for Peace
- —新日本宗教団体連合会Federation of New Religious Organizations in Japan
- —眞言宗Shingon sect
- —宗門改めJapanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)
- —宗教々育religious education
- —宗旨変えconversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch
- —宗教二世second-generation believers; people following their parents' religion
- —バテレン宗Christianity