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宗
Zōng
1. surname Zong
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 8 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

宗
zōng
ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

宗师
zōngshī
great scholar respected for learning and integrity
宗庙
zōngmiào
temple
宗教
zōngjiào
religion
HSK 6
联宗
liánzōng
combined branches of a clan
阳宗
yángzōng
sun
英宗
Yīngzōng
Yingzong, Temple name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong [[正統|正统<Zhèngtǒng>]]
莲宗
Liánzōng
see [[淨土宗|净土宗<Jìngtǔzōng>]]
禅宗
Chánzōng
Zen Buddhism
祖宗
zǔzōng
ancestor
宗族
zōngzú
Chinese clan
宗旨
zōngzhǐ
objective
HSK 6
宗正
zōngzhèng
Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers [[九卿<jiǔqīng>]]
宗派
zōngpài
sect
正宗
zhèngzōng
orthodox school
HSK 6
宗筋
zōngjīn
penis (Chinese medicine)
大宗
dàzōng
large amount
卷宗
juànzōng
file
密宗
Mìzōng
Vajrayana
密宗
mìzōng
tantra
宁宗
Níngzōng
Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224)

Alternate Entries

宗
zōng
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

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
726
Word Frequency Rank
2,620 of 84,292