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粽

zòng

Character

What 粽 means

1. rice dumplings wrapped in leaves

Other readings

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

• zòngvariant of {粽|zòng}

Example sentences

• 我想吃肉粽。
  Wǒ xiǎng chī ròu zòng.
  I'd like to eat meat zongzi.

Words starting with 粽

• 粽子zòng ziglutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled
• 粽叶zòng yèleaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap sticky rice dumplings 粽子

Characters built on 宗

These share the phonetic component 宗 (zōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 综zōng(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 踪zōng(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 崇chónghigh; sublime; lofty
• 棕zōngpalm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 鬃zōngbristles; horse's mane
• 淙cóngnoise of water
• 琮cóngjade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times

Characters that look like 粽

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

• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 稻dàopaddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 酩mǐngused in 酩酊
• 鲣jiānbonito
• 膑bìnvariant of 髌

Sounds the same

Read zòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 纵vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. zōng); from front to back; longitudinal…
• 疭used in 瘛疭
• 糭old variant of 粽
• 縦old variant of 纵