Chinese

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school; sect; purpose
school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
 
teach; teaching; religion
trad. (宗教)
simp. #(宗教)
anagram 教宗
 
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Etymology

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Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese (しゅう)(きょう) (shūkyō).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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宗教

  1. religion; the sacred
    信仰宗教  ―  xìnyǎng zōngjiào  ―  to have religious faith
    宗教教育  ―  zōngjiào jiàoyù  ―  religious education
    民族宗教  ―  mínzú zōngjiào  ―  ethnoreligious
    世俗宗教之間關係 [MSC, trad.]
    世俗宗教之间关系 [MSC, simp.]
    shìsú hé zōngjiào zhījiān de guānxì [Pinyin]
    the relationship between the secular and the sacred

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References

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  1. ^ 汉语外来词词典 (in Chinese), 1984, page 410

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: 6
きょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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From (shū, sect) + (kyō, doctrine, teaching).

From two of the five Buddhist principles for interpreting sutras: 五重玄義 (literally five-fold black reading), namely (myō, name; title), (tai, form), (shū, sect), (, use) and (kyō, teaching). The literal interpretation is ambiguous, either 宗と教 (literally sect and teaching) or 宗の教 (literally sectarian teaching). Used as a translation of the western Christocentric concept of English religion in response to Western encroachment as well as in efforts to modernize Japan. Earlier alternative translations included 宗法 (shūhō), 宗旨 (shūshi) and 法教 (hōkyō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しゅう)(きょう) (shūkyōしうけう (siukeu)?

  1. religion

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Chinese: 宗教 (zōngjiào)[2]
  • Korean: 종교 (jonggyo)
  • Vietnamese: tôn giáo

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 しゅう‐きょう[‥ケウ] 【宗教】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ 汉语外来词词典 (in Chinese), 1984, page 410

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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宗教 (jonggyo) (hangeul 종교)

  1. Alternative form of 宗敎 (religion)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

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宗教

  1. chữ Hán form of tôn giáo (religion).