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岱宗

Dài zōng

2-character word

What 岱宗 means

1. another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains {五岳|Wǔ yuè}
2. Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls

The characters in 岱宗

• 岱DàiMt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 宗zōngschool; sect; purpose

Sounds the same

Read Dài zōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 代宗Daizong, temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰