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宗
zōng
1.
school
2.
sect
3.
purpose
4.
model
5.
ancestor
6.
clan
7.
to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
8.
classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
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✏️ 8 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
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
宗族
zōngzú
Chinese clan
宗旨
zōngzhǐ
objective
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
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 726
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,620 of 84,292