Readings

Kana: シュウ、ソウ、むね
Romaji: shū, sou, mune
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: かず、し、そ、そお、たか、とし、のり、ひろ、むな、もと、よし
Romaji: kazu, shi, so, soo, taka, toshi, nori, hiro, muna, moto, yoshi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  40
Frequency:  997
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  2-3-5
Korean Reading:  jong
Chinese Reading:  zong1
Unicode:  5b97
JIS:  3D21

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2228
Nelson Index: 1294
New Nelson Index: 1321
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m5.1
Four Corner Index: 3090.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 889
Gakken Index: 1023
Japanese Names Index: 679
Daikanwanjiten Index: 7106
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0954
Remembering the kanji Index: 1100
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1206
Kodansha Compact Index: 471
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 899
Kanji in Context Index: 816
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1419
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1915
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1109
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1181
Essential Kanji Index: 248
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2769
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 741
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 805
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 865

Words

(むね)
center (centre); pillar; principle; purport; gist; drift; meaning
宗教 (しゅうきょう)
religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed; religious activity
正宗 (まさむね)
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tempo era (1830-1844)
改宗 (かいしゅう)
religious conversion
浄土真宗 (じょうどしんしゅう)
Jodo Shinshu (offshoot of the Jodo sect)
(しゅう)
sect
宗派 (しゅうは)
sect; denomination
宗家 (そうけ、そうか)
head of family; originator
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)
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