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zōng(zong1) , zong // pronunciations of 宗 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 宗

Unihan definition: lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan

Number of strokes: 8
Examples of other characters consisting of 8 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  40.5

HSK level: 6
Other HSK 6 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 6 charaters »

Frequency rank: 727

General standard index number: 1275

Examples of words containing this character: 世宗, 代宗, 卷宗, 大宗, 太宗, 宗匠, 宗室, 宗师, 宗庙, 宗教, 宗族, 宗旨, 宗正, 宗派, 宗筋, 密宗, 密宗, 宁宗, 岱宗, 师宗, 广宗, 教宗, 文宗, 文宗, 正宗

English translation (based on CEDICT):

宗[Zōng]:
- surname Zong
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

Details

Unicode code point: U+5B97

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