宗 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings
What does 宗 mean?
Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
How to read 宗?
Kunyomi... むね/mune
Onyomi... シュウ/shu,ソウ/so
jinmeikun... kazu, takashi, toki, toshi, nori, hiro, moto,
* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.
Other kanji information..
| application |
Can be registered as a Japanese name In Japan, 2999 kanji characters can be registered as names. (In other words, you cannot officially apply for any other kanji as a name.) But if you enjoy it as fiction, no problem. |
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| type | common-use kanji |
| unicode | 5B97 宗 (For HTML use) |
宗 / related names
- Name:
- sota
- Katakana:
- ソウタ
- Kanji:
- 宗大
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 大Big. Large. Large in number or quantity. Greatly. Valuable. Important. Excellent. Splendid. Very much. Much. (Power or force) strong. long time. To be high in rank or position.
- Name:
- sosuke
- Katakana:
- ソウスケ
- Kanji:
- 宗介
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 介Help. A person who helps. To be near, to accompany. to take care of. To intercede. To make friends with. to separate. to separate. to be firm. To protect tightly. Something that covers the outside to protect oneself. boundary. border.
- Name:
- sota
- Katakana:
- ソウタ
- Kanji:
- 宗汰
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 汰Sort them out. Washing with water to separate the good from the bad. to wash away. To make cloudy. To add to. More than a minute. Too many.
- Name:
- soma
- Katakana:
- ソウマ
- Name:
- soichiro
- Katakana:
- ソウイチロウ
- Kanji:
- 宗一郎
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 一One. The first. Kanji for the number 1 (one). To be the most superior. To begin, to put things together.
- 郎Male. Men. Young men. A word that refers broadly to boys. A retainer.
- Name:
- sotaro
- Katakana:
- ソウタロウ
- Kanji:
- 宗太郎
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 太Abundantly large. Large in circumference. Thick. Flabby. Very. A word used to refer to a person of high rank or status.
- 郎Male. Men. Young men. A word that refers broadly to boys. A retainer.
- Name:
- sotatsu
- Katakana:
- ソウタツ
- Kanji:
- 宗辰
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 辰Dragon. Fifth of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac. Eight o'clock in the morning and two hours before and after that. Direction of 30 degrees from east to south. General term for the sun, moon, and stars.
- Name:
- sosuke
- Katakana:
- ソウスケ
- Name:
- sosuke
- Katakana:
- ソウスケ
- Name:
- shugo
- Katakana:
- シュウゴ
- Name:
- so
- Katakana:
- ソウ
- Name:
- soichi
- Katakana:
- ソウイチ
- Kanji:
- 宗市
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 市City. A town. A place where things are bought and sold. A bustling place where people gather. One of the administrative divisions.
- Name:
- masamune
- Katakana:
- マサムネ
- Kanji:
- 政宗
- Meaning:
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- 政Politics. To govern a country or things. The way to do things. To make things right. Rules. Standard. To carry out in a reasonable manner. To work out.
- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- Name:
- soshi
- Katakana:
- ソウシ
- Kanji:
- 宗司
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 司I'll take care of it. Government office. Officials. To take on a role. To manage. To take charge of. To watch.
- Name:
- sosuke
- Katakana:
- ソウスケ
- Name:
- shuko
- Katakana:
- シュウコ
- Name:
- sosei
- Katakana:
- ソウセイ
- Kanji:
- 宗正
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 正Correct. To be reasonable. to fix. exactly. To be in just the right state. New Year. The beginning of things. The original. The real.
- Name:
- shinso
- Katakana:
- シンソウ
- Name:
- somu
- Katakana:
- ソウム
- Kanji:
- 宗夢
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 夢Dream. Something you see as if it were real when you are asleep. Something you hope to achieve in the future. A pleasant thought that takes you away from reality. Something fleeting. Uncertainty.
- Name:
- sota
- Katakana:
- ソウタ
- Kanji:
- 宗太
- Meaning:
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- 宗Doctrine. The teachings of God and Buddha. The beginning of things. The root. Ancestor. Head family. A place where ancestors are worshipped. A central figure. A person whom people respect.
- 太Abundantly large. Large in circumference. Thick. Flabby. Very. A word used to refer to a person of high rank or status.