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粽

zòng

a dumpling made of glutinous rice

🔤 Pictophonetic: 米 (rice) provides meaning, 宗 provides pronunciation

HSK 14 strokes Uncommon (51%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect

⿰米宗 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

mǐ

米

rice, millet, grain

📷 Pictographic: Grains of rice

6 strokes HSK 1

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

mù

木

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

📷 Pictographic: A tree

4 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

zōng

宗

ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect

💡 Ideographic: An altar 示 to the ancestor spirits found in one's home 宀

8 strokes HSK 6

gài

宀

roof; house

3 strokes

shì

示

altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate

📷 Pictographic: An altar

5 strokes HSK 4

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 粽 (2)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

粽子 ↗

zòngzi

glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and boiled

zòngzi

粽子 ↗

glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and boiled

粽 ↗

zòng

rice dumplings wrapped in leaves

zòng

粽 ↗

rice dumplings wrapped in leaves