The kanji 宗: meaning, readings and stroke order

宗

Meaning: religion, main line
On reading: シュウ shuu、ソウ sou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 8
Radical: 宀 roof
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tôn giáo, dòng chính (tông)
Japanese: しゅうきょう。おおもと。
Korean: 종교, 으뜸 (종)
Chinese: 宗教、本家

Readings, words and example sentences

シュウ shuu · on reading

宗しゅう教きょう
religion
世界の 宗しゅう教きょうを調べます。
We learn about religions around the world.

ソウ sou · on reading · less common

宗そう家け
head family (of a school of an art)
宗そう家けに伝わる技です。
This is a skill handed down in the head family of the school.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.