Word Meaning 孟宗

もうそう mousou

孟宗 is read as もうそう (mousou) and means moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens).

Meaning

English

moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

Reading

Kana

もうそう

Romaji

mousou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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孟宗竹

もうそうだけ

moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

孟宗の節

もうそうのふし

root of a moso bamboo

孟子

もうし

Mencius (one of the Four Books)

孟母断機の教え

もうぼだんきのおしえ

(the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished

改宗

かいしゅう

religious conversion

禅宗

ぜんしゅう

Zen (Buddhism)

宗

しゅう

tenets (of a religious sect)

宗

むね

instructions

浄土真宗

じょうどしんしゅう

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect)

天台宗

てんだいしゅう

Tendai sect (of Buddhism)

浄土宗

じょうどしゅう

Pure Land sect (of Buddhism)

新義真言宗

しんぎしんごんしゅう

Shingi Shingon ("New Shingon" school of Buddhism)