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宗

zōng

ancestor, sect

Depicts a spiritual (示) edifice (宀), like an ancestral shrine.

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

示 meaning component

示  Meaning component

shì

  

show

Evolution

宗 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
宗 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
宗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
宗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

宗  

zōng

lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan; school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs

宗  

Zōng

surname Zong

Most common words with 宗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宗教

religion

宗

school

宗旨

aim

正宗

orthodox school

大宗

staple

Component uses

Sound component in 10 characters (3 verified)

綜 综 踪 崇 棕 淙 鬃 粽 琮 腙

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]ˤuŋ

tsowng

zōng

ancestral temple


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 15.6495% of movies

1588th most common character in movies

727th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5B97

Shuowen

“宗，尊祖廟也。从宀，从示。”


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