しう

See also: じう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しう – see the following entries.

【四有】 [noun] (Buddhism) the four stages of existence: 生有(しょうう) (shōu, “moment of birth”), 本有(ほんぬ) (honnu, “life”), 死有(しう) (shiu, “moment of death”), and 中有(ちゅうう) (chūu, “state between death and the next reincarnation”)

【死有】 [noun] (Buddhism) moment of death, one of 四有(しう) (shiu, “the four stages of existence”)

【糸雨】 [noun] drizzle

【祠宇】 [noun] (archaic) shrine

(This term, しう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

【週しゅう】2 [noun] a week (unit of time) [counter] weeks [proper noun] a male or female given name

(This term, しう, is a historical kana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as しう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しう.)