宗
sect; religion; denomination; main point; origin; essence
8 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 997.
Readings
- シュウ (on reading): 宗教 (しゅうきょう) religion; 宗教的 (しゅうきょうてき) religious
- ソウ (on reading): 宗家 (そうけ) head of family; 宗主国 (そうしゅこく) suzerain state
- むね (kun reading): 独眼竜政宗 (どくがんりゅうまさむね) Dokuganryū Masamune (NHK Taiga drama, 1987)
Components
Kanji containing 宗
- 崇 adore
- 綜 rule
- 淙 sound of running water
- 棕 hemp palm
- 粽 rice dumplings steamed in bamboo leaves
- 踪 remains
Words using 宗
- 宗教 (しゅうきょう) religion
- 宗教的 (しゅうきょうてき) religious
- 天台宗 (てんだいしゅう) Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
- 宗教改革 (しゅうきょうかいかく) the Reformation
- 改宗 (かいしゅう) religious conversion
- 宗家 (そうけ) head of family
- 宗主国 (そうしゅこく) suzerain state
- 宗主権 (そうしゅけん) suzerainty
- 宗主 (そうしゅ) suzerain
- 宗族 (そうぞく) one's family or clan
- 独眼竜政宗 (どくがんりゅうまさむね) Dokuganryū Masamune (NHK Taiga drama, 1987)
148 words in all.