Word Meaning 曹洞宗

そうとうしゅう soutoushuu

曹洞宗 is read as そうとうしゅう (soutoushuu) and means Soto school (of Zen Buddhism).

Meaning

English

Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)

Reading

Kana

そうとうしゅう

Romaji

soutoushuu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 135191 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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曹洞禅

そうとうぜん

Soto Zen

曹長石

そうちょうせき

albite

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)

法相宗

ほうそうしゅう

Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)

一向宗

いっこうしゅう

Ikkō sect (of Buddhism)