宗 (zōng)
ancestor/religion/surname Zong
How 宗 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Traditional
- 宗
- Simplified
- 宗 (unchanged)
Components
- 宀 roof
- 示 sign
Common words using 宗
- 宗師 zōngshī
- great scholar respected for learning and integrity
- 正宗 zhèngzōng
- orthodox school; fig. traditional; old school
- 傳宗接代 chuánzōngjiēdài
- to carry on one's ancestral line
- 大宗 dàzōng
- large amount; staple; influential family of long standing
- 宗教 zōngjiào
- religion
- 宗旨 zōngzhǐ
- objective; aim; goal
- 廣宗 guǎngzōng
- Guangzong county in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei
- 祖宗 zǔzōng
- ancestor; forebear
- 禪宗 chánzōng
- Zen Buddhism
- 光宗耀祖 guāngzōngyàozǔ
- to bring honor to one's ancestors
- 卷宗 juànzōng
- file; folder; dossier
- 天台宗 tiāntáizōng
- Tiantai school of Buddhism
宗 in a sentence
每個人都有宗教信仰的自由。
Měige rén dōu yǒu zōngjiào xìnyǎng de zìyóu.
“Everyone has freedom of religious belief.”
How common is 宗?
宗 is the 726th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 83.5% of all running text.
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