Japanese symbol for “religious”
信仰的
しんこうてき
Romaji: shinkouteki
religious; spiritual
In Japanese, religious is 信仰的, read しんこうてき (shinkouteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na religious; spiritual
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “religious”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宗教上 | しゅうきょうじょう shuukyoujou | religious; spiritual |
| 宗教的 | しゅうきょうてき shuukyouteki | religious; spiritual |
| 出世間的 | しゅっせけんてき shussekenteki | unworldly; religious |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通信 | つうしん tsuushin | correspondence; communication; transmission |
| 信頼 | しんらい shinrai | trust (in); confidence; faith |
| 自信 | じしん jishin | self-confidence; confidence (in oneself) |
| 信用 | しんよう shin'you | confidence; trust; faith |
| 信号 | しんごう shingou | signal; signalling; signaling |
| 受信 | じゅしん jushin | receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.) |
| 信仰 | しんこう shinkou | (religious) faith; belief; creed |
| 仰天 | ぎょうてん gyouten | being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
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.