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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)

世宗
Shìzōng
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
代宗
Dàizōng
Daizong, Temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai [[景泰<Jǐngtài>]]
卷宗
juànzōng
file
大宗
dàzōng
large amount
太宗
Tàizōng
posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty
宗匠
zōngjiàng
person with remarkable academic or artistic attainments
宗室
zōngshì
imperial clan
宗师
zōngshī
great scholar respected for learning and integrity
宗庙
zōngmiào
temple
宗教
zōngjiào
religion
HSK 6
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
宗筋
zōngjīn
penis (Chinese medicine)
密宗
Mìzōng
Vajrayana
密宗
mìzōng
tantra
宁宗
Níngzōng
Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224)
岱宗
Dàizōng
another name for Mt Tai [[泰山]] in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains [[五嶽|五岳<Wǔyuè>]]
师宗
Shīzōng
Shizong county in Qujing [[曲靖<Qǔjìng>]], Yunnan

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