しう

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See also: じう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しう – see the following entries.
四有
(Buddhism) the four stages of existence: 生有(しょうう) (shōu, moment of birth), 本有(ほんぬ) (honnu, life), 死有(しう) (shiu, moment of death), and 中有(ちゅうう) (chūu, state between death and the next reincarnation)
死有
(Buddhism) moment of death, one of 四有(しう) (shiu, the four stages of existence)
糸雨
drizzle
祠宇
(archaic) shrine
(This term, しう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
しゅう2
a week (unit of time)
weeks
a male or female given name
(This term, しう, is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as しう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しう.)