漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
宗: religion, sect
Also: denomination, main point, origin, essence
JLPT N18 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
宀 carries the meaning · 示 is drawn in
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 宗教しゅうきょうreligion
- 宗派しゅうはsect, denomination
- 浄土宗じょうどしゅうPure Land sect, Jodo
- 天台宗てんだいしゅうTendai sect
- 真言宗しんごんしゅうmantra sect, Shingon
- 改宗するかいしゅうするconvert oneself [v.i.]
ソウsou · on'yomi
- 宗家そうけhead family of families
Also read むね, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side宗 religion · 宀
vs奈 Nara · 大In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zōng
Same form: 宗 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 宗 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 宗 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zōng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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