Word Meaning 三千家

さんせんけ sansenke

三千家 is read as さんせんけ (sansenke) and means the three Senke schools of tea ceremony (Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushakōjisenke).

Meaning

English

the three Senke schools of tea ceremony (Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushakōjisenke)

Reading

Kana

さんせんけ

Romaji

sansenke

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 79617 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三千大千世界

さんぜんだいせんせかい

the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened

三千世界

さんぜんせかい

the whole world

千家

せんけ

Senke school of tea ceremony

三千

さんぜん

many

御三家

ごさんけ

three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)

表千家

おもてせんけ

Omotesenke school of tea ceremony

裏千家

うらせんけ

Urasenke school of tea ceremony

武者小路千家

むしゃこうじせんけ

Mushakōjisenke school of tea ceremony

千三屋

せんみつや

broker

江戸千家流

えどせんけりゅう

Edo Senke school of tea ceremony

千家流

せんけりゅう

Senke school of tea ceremony

三方

さんぼう

small offering stand