Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 6 freq #997

religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

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Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

religion; religious affiliation
sect; denomination
(religious) denomination; sect
sect; denomination
Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
suzerain state
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
religious leader; person of religion
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
head of family; head house

Example sentences

He has a good knowledge of Japanese religion.

Keep off the religious issue when talking with him.

In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.

He is a recent convert to Catholicism.