Kanji
Readingしょう
Frequency30%
Used in (16 in total)
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
high; noble; refined; advanced
militarism; warlike spirit
taste; fancy; fashion
Shō clan (royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom)
Department of State Affairs (Tang-dynasty China)
respect for olden days
classicism; primitivism
Gyeongsangbuk-do (South Korea); North Gyeongsang Province
by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends
Gyeongsangnam-do (South Korea); South Gyeongsang Province
the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk