曹洞宗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曹	洞	宗
そう Grade: S	とう Grade: S	しゅう Grade: 6
kan’on		kan’yōon

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーとーしゅう [sòótóꜜòshùù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːto̞ːɕɨᵝː]

Proper noun

曹(そう)洞(とう)宗(しゅう) • (Sōtōshū) ^{←さうとうしゆう (sautousyuu)^?}

(Buddhism) Sōtō school, one of the major sects of Zen Buddhism

See also

臨済宗(りんざいしゅう) (Rinzaishū, a sect of Zen Buddhism)
黄檗宗(おうばくしゅう) (Ōbakushū, a sect of Zen Buddhism)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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