Word Meaning 宗廟

そうびょう soubyou

宗廟 is read as そうびょう (soubyou) and means ancestral shrine (temple).

Meaning

English

ancestral shrine (temple)
mausoleum (of one's ancestors)
Imperial mausoleum

Reading

Kana

そうびょう

Romaji

soubyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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宗家

そうか

head of family

宗教

しゅうきょう

religious activity

宗祖

しゅうそ

sect founder

宗

しゅう

tenets (of a religious sect)

宗派

しゅうは

school (e.g. of poetry)

宗門

しゅうもん

(religious) denomination

宗

むね

instructions

宗主国

そうしゅこく

suzerain state

宗教家

しゅうきょうか

religious leader

宗旨

しゅうし

tenets (of a religious sect)

宗教的独立性

しゅうきょうてきどくりつせい

religious independence

宗教対立

しゅうきょうたいりつ

religious opposition