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宗

zōng

HSK 6 Character

What 宗 means

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

Other readings

宗 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zōngsurname Zong

Example sentences

• 我不信宗教。
  I don't follow any religion.
• 挣钱是他的宗教。
  Zhèngqián shì tā de zōngjiào.
  Making money is his religion.
• 纯粹数学是宗教。
  Chúncuìshùxué shì zōngjiào.
  Pure mathematics is religion.
• 宗教是人民的鸦片。
  Zōngjiào shì rénmín de yāpiàn.
  Religion is the opium of the people.
• 我的专业是宗教学。
  My major is comparative religion.
• 别让宗教影响政府。
  Keep religion out of government.

Words starting with 宗

• 宗教zōng jiàoreligion
• 宗旨zōng zhǐobjective; aim; goal
• 宗族zōng zúclan; clansman
• 宗师zōng shīgreat scholar respected for learning and integrity
• 宗派zōng pàisect
• 宗祠zōng cíancestral temple; clan hall
• 宗教改革Zōng jiào Gǎi gé(Protestant) Reformation
• 宗主zōng zhǔhead of a clan; natural leader; person of prestige and authority in a domain
• 宗地zōng dìparcel of land
• 宗室zōng shìimperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman
• 宗正zōng zhèngminister in charge of the imperial clan
• 宗法zōng fǎpatriarchal clan system
• 宗主国zōng zhǔ guósuzerain state; mother country (of a colony)
• 宗主权zōng zhǔ quánsuzerainty
• 宗教团zōng jiào tuánreligious order; religious grouping
• 宗教学zōng jiào xuéreligious studies
• 宗圣公Zōng Shèng gōnghereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
• 宗教法庭Zōng jiào Fǎ tíngInquisition (religion)
• 宗派主义zōng pài zhǔ yìsectarianism
• 宗教徒zōng jiào túadherent of religion; disciple
• 宗教仪式zōng jiào yí shìreligious ceremony
• 宗喀巴Zōng kā bāTsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格鲁派
• 宗圣侯Zōng shèng hóuhereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
• 宗庙zōng miàotemple; ancestral shrine

Words containing 宗

• 正宗zhèng zōngorthodox school; fig. traditional; old school
• 祖宗zǔ zōngancestor; forebear
• 禅宗Chán zōngZen Buddhism
• 李宗盛Lǐ Zōng shèngJonathan Lee (1958–), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter
• 大宗dà zōnglarge amount; staple; influential family of long standing
• 唐太宗Táng Tài zōngEmperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民
• 卷宗juàn zōngfile; folder; dossier
• 左宗棠Zuǒ Zōng tángZuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
• 黄宗羲Huáng Zōng xīHuang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition
• 高宗Gāo zōngGaozong, the temple name of various emperors, notably 唐高宗
• 李宗仁Lǐ Zōng rénLi Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction
• 传宗接代chuán zōng jiē dàito carry on one's ancestral line
• 密宗mì zōngtantra
• 世宗Shì zōngSejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of…
• 代宗Dài zōngDaizong, temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰
• 太宗Tài zōngposthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty…
• 教宗jiào zōngpope
• 文宗wén zōng(literary) writer whose works are venerated as exemplary; eminent writer
• 联宗lián zōngcombined branches of a clan
• 英宗Yīng zōngYingzong, temple name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正统
• 天台宗Tiān tái zōngTiantai school of Buddhism
• 成实宗Chéng shí zōngSatyasiddhi school of Buddhism
• 明宣宗Míng Xuān zōngtemple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德
• 明武宗Míng Wǔ zōngMing Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德

Characters that look like 宗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 架jiàto support; frame; rack
• 宪xiànstatute; constitution
• 宫gōngpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 牢láo(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
• 酋qiútribal chief
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave

Sounds the same

Read zōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 综(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 踪(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 棕palm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 鬃bristles; horse's mane
• 鬷kettle on legs
• 䗥used in 螉䗥
• 猣dog giving birth to three puppies
• 翪uneven flight of a bird
• 腙hydrazone (chemistry)
• 豵litter of pigs; little pig
• 鯮long spiky-head carp
• 枞used in 枞阳