宗
Spell out: + =
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
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #740 U+5B97
How 宗 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
An altar 示 to the ancestor spirits found in one's home 宀
How to remember it
religion · Heisig RSH #908
house + altar
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 宗 as their sound component
These characters all use 宗 (zōng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宗 sound component | zōng | ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect |
| 棕 | zōng | hemp palm; palm tree |
| 综 | zōng | to sum up; to arrange threads for weaving |
| 崇 | chóng | high, dignified; to esteem, to honor |
| 踪 | zōng | footprints, traces, tracks |
| 粽 | zòng | a dumpling made of glutinous rice |
| 鬃 | zōng | mane; neck bristles |
| 琮 | cóng | an octagonal jade ornament |
| 淙 | cóng | the sound of water gurgling |
| 腙 | zōng | an organic compound |
Words containing 宗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开宗明义 | kāi zōng míng yì | to declare at the outset (idiom) |
| 白山宗 | Bái shān zōng | Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia |
| 宗主国 | zōng zhǔ guó | suzerain state; mother country (of a colony) |
| 世宗大王 | Shì zōng Dà wáng | Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon… |
| 天台宗 | Tiān tái zōng | Tiantai school of Buddhism |
| 法相宗 | Fǎ xiàng zōng | Yogācāra school of Buddhism; Dharma-character school of Buddhism |
| 宗教学 | zōng jiào xué | religious studies |
| 路德宗 | Lù dé zōng | Lutheran church |
| 同宗同源 | tóng zōng tóng yuán | to share the same origins; to have common roots |
| 成实宗 | Chéng shí zōng | Satyasiddhi school of Buddhism |
| 师宗县 | Shī zōng Xiàn | Shizong, a county in Qujing City 曲靖市[Qu3 jing4 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 宗主权 | zōng zhǔ quán | suzerainty |
| 万变不离其宗 | wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng | many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change,… |
| 传宗接代 | chuán zōng jiē dài | to carry on one's ancestral line |
| 三论宗 | Sān lùn zōng | Three Treatise School (Buddhism) |
| 宗派主义 | zōng pài zhǔ yì | sectarianism |
| 大宗 | dà zōng | large amount; staple; influential family of long standing |
| 广宗县 | Guǎng zōng Xiàn | Guangzong, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei |
| 宗地 | zōng dì | parcel of land |
| 明武宗 | Míng Wǔ zōng | Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德[Zheng4 de2] |