religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence
宗 centers on a foundational source or core principle, especially in a religious or doctrinal context: a sect, denomination, or the main point and essence of a teaching.
宗 combines 宀 (roof, building) and 示 (altar, spirit), suggesting a building housing an altar where ancestral spirits are venerated. This developed into the idea of a central religious doctrine or sect.
Under a roof (宀), an altar (示) stands as the central focus of a religious sect. The altar represents the main point and origin of the teachings.
For シュウ, imagine a shoe placed reverently on the altar: shoe -> シュウ, and the shoe symbolizes the core doctrine of the sect.
religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed
sect; denomination
sect; denomination
correct doctrine; orthodox sect
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune
suzerain
religious conversion
Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
Shingon sect
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
head of family; head house
Nichiren school of Buddhism
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)
Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism
Jishū sect (of Buddhism)
Zen (Buddhism)
Shin Buddhism
ancestral shrine (temple); mausoleum (of one's ancestors); Imperial mausoleum
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines