宗
シュウ, ソウ, むね, かず, し, そ, そお, たか, とし, のり, ひろ, むな, もと, よし
religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence
JLPT1 G6 S8 F997
宀 roof/building + 示# altar/the supernatural → mausoleum with an altar, where the deified souls of ancestors are linked with their descendants (compare 祉) → *founder* → *religion* (← believers gathering about an altar) → *sect*; *branch*.
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