Japanese symbol for “confessor”
聴聞僧
ちょうもんそう
Romaji: choumonsou
confessor
In Japanese, confessor is 聴聞僧, read ちょうもんそう (choumonsou).
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Meanings
- n confessor
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “confessor”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 告解師 | こっかいし kokkaishi | confessor |
| コンヘソル | コンヘソル konhesoru | confessor |
| 聴罪司祭 | ちょうざいしさい chouzaishisai | father confessor; confessor |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 視聴 | しちょう shichou | looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching |
| 聴衆 | ちょうしゅう choushuu | audience; attendance; hearers |
| 聴覚 | ちょうかく choukaku | (sense of) hearing; auditory perception |
| 傍聴 | ぼうちょう bouchou | listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting) |
| 聴取 | ちょうしゅ choushu | hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect) |
| 盗聴 | とうちょう touchou | interception (email); wiretap; bug |
| 新聞 | しんぶん shinbun | newspaper |
| 聞こえる | きこえる kikoeru | to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears |
| 僧侶 | そうりょ souryo | priest; monk; bonze |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.