もう
まい
しゅ

noun, takes genitive case の

  1. obscurantism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
もう
まい
しゅ
蒙昧主義 もうまいしゅぎ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ignorance, darkness, get
こうむ.る モウ ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
 (Kentei 1)
dark, foolish
マイ バイ くら.い (11th)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ いま.だ ビ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
righteousness, justice, morality
ギ よし ただし (5th, N1)
sheep(羊) variant
to divide
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
ego, I, selfish
わが- われ わ (6th, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)