| 805 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 899 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 889 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1023 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1294 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 248 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1206 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 679 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 616 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 626 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 816 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 471 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2769 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1419 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1109 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7106 | Morohashi |
| 2228 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1321 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1100 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1181 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 865 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
997 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 宗 【シュウ】 sect, denomination, tenets (of a religious sect)
- 宗教 【シュウキョウ】 religion, religious affiliation, belief, faith, creed, religious activity
- 浄土真宗 【ジョウドシンシュウ】 Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect), True Pure Land School
- 浄土宗 【ジョウドシュウ】 Pure Land sect (of Buddhism), Jodo (sect)
- 宗 【ソウ】 origin, source, virtuous ancestor
- 宗家 【ソウケ】 head of family, originator
- 大宗 【タイソウ】 leading figure, foundation
- 皇宗 【コウソウ】 imperial ancestors
Kun reading compounds
- 旨 【むね】 principle, aim, main purpose, central part, pillar, purport, gist, drift, meaning, instructions, orders, intention, wishes
- 正宗 【まさむね】 famous sword, sword blade by Masamune, sake, Japanese rice wine, brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
- 独眼竜政宗 【どくがんりゅうまさむね】 Dokuganryū Masamune (NHK Taiga drama, 1987)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かず、 し、 そ、 そお、 たか、 とし、 のり、 ひろ、 むな、 もと、 よし
- Korean:
- jong
Spanish
- enseñanzas religiosas
- fundamento
- origen
Portuguese
- religião
- seita
- denominação
- ponto principal
- origem
- essência
French
- religion
- secte
- confession
- point principal
- origine
- essence
| 741 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3090.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b97 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1166 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 旨意 【シイ】 intent, purpose, aim
- 旨趣 【シシュ】 objective, purport, intent
- 本旨 【ホンシ】 main object, principal object, true aim
- 宗旨 【シュウシ】 tenets (of a religious sect), doctrines, (religious) sect, denomination, religion, faith, one's principles, one's tastes, one's preferences
Kun reading compounds
- 旨 【むね】 principle, aim, main purpose, central part, pillar, purport, gist, drift, meaning, instructions, orders, intention, wishes
- 旨とする 【むねとする】 to make it a principle to ..., to aim at doing
- その旨 【そのむね】 (words to) that effect
- 御旨 【みむね】 God's will
- 上手い 【うまい】 skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate, delicious, tasty, good, nice, good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid
- うまい汁 【うまいしる】 the lion's share, the cream
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- principio
- idea
- significado
- delicioso
- habilidoso
- es decir
Portuguese
- delicioso
- sabor
- mostra um gosto para
- vontade
- inteligente
- perito
French
- délicieux
- très bien
- savoureux
- avoir un penchant pour
- portée
- volonté
- intelligent
- expert
| 1312 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1151 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 752 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1069 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1403 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 263 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1040 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1081 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1349 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 232 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2516 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1278 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1744 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 465 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13738 | Morohashi |
| 2024 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2414 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 455 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 493 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1077 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1278 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 2160.1 | Four corner code |
| 2260.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65e8 | Unicode hex code |