Word Meaning 門中

もんちゅう monchuu

門中 is read as もんちゅう (monchuu) and means family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa).

Meaning

English

family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)

Reading

Kana

もんちゅう

Romaji

monchuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 34713 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

中門

ちゅうもん

central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple)

中央法律専門学校

ちゅうおうほうりつせんもんがっこう

Chuo College of Law

中央医療技術専門学校

ちゅうおういりょうぎじゅつせんもんがっこう

Chuoh College of Medical Technology

東京田中千代服飾専門学校

ひがしきょうでんなかちよふくしょくせんもんがっこう

Chiyo Tanaka College of Fashion Arts, Tokyo

中門廊

ちゅうもんろう

corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

門

もん

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master

門

と

door (esp. Japanese-style)

門出

かどで

starting a new life

門前町

もんぜんまち

town originally built around a temple or shrine

門下生

もんかせい

pupil

門外漢

もんがいかん

outsider

門前

もんぜん

before the gate