Japanese symbol for “confucianism”
儒教
じゅきょう
Romaji: jukyou
Confucianism
In Japanese, confucianism is 儒教, read じゅきょう (jukyou).
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Meanings
- n Confucianism
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “confucianism”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 儒学 | じゅがく jugaku | Confucianism |
| 経学 | けいがく keigaku | Confucianism |
| 聖教 | せいきょう seikyou | sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism |
| 儒 | じゅ ju | Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar |
| 儒教主義 | じゅきょうしゅぎ jukyoushugi | Confucianism |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 儒学 | じゅがく jugaku | Confucianism |
| 儒者 | じゅしゃ jusha | Confucianist; Confucian (scholar) |
| 儒家 | じゅか juka | Confucianist |
| 焚書坑儒 | ふんしょこうじゅ funshokouju | burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign) |
| 儒艮 | じゅごん jugon | dugong (Dugong dugon); sea pig |
| 教育 | きょういく kyouiku | education; schooling; training |
| 教え | おしえ oshie | teaching; instruction; teachings |
| 教授 | きょうじゅ kyouju | professor |
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.