宗 — religion, sect, denomination

しゅう宗 religion

しゅう

U+5B97 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #997 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1181 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

religion
sect
denomination
main point
origin
essence

Readings

On'yomi: しゅう shuu そう sou
Kun'yomi: むね mune

word

しゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

宗(しゅう) shuu sect 宗(しゅう) 教(きょう) shuukyou religion 宗(しゅう) 派(は) shuuha sect 宗(しゅう) 門(もん) shuumon (religious) denomination 浄(じょう) 土(ど) 真(しん) 宗(しゅう) joudoshinshuu Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect)

Words by frequency and grade

5 words

Each dot is a word containing 宗: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 2 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

宀 roof

しめす示 show #113

Used as component in (2)

すう崇 adore そう踪 remains

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#40 宀 roof