Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 虚無僧(こむそう) in Japanese

虚無僧
Kana Reading
こむそう
Romaji
komusō
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)


Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

13 strokes

Buddhist priest, monk

On'Yomi: ソウ

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JLPT 1

11 strokes

void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

On'Yomi: キョ, コ

Kun'Yomi: むな.しい, うつ.ろ

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JLPT 2

12 strokes

nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

On'Yomi: ム, ブ

Kun'Yomi: な.い

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14 strokes

On'Yomi: ソウ

Kun'Yomi:

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