宗 — Chinese character
宗
zōng
ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect
- Pinyin
- zōng
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 宀 示
- Formation
- ideographic — An altar 示 to the ancestor spirits found in one's home 宀
- Japanese
- 宗 as a kanji
Common words with 宗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宗教 | zōng jiào | religion |
| 宗旨 | zōng zhǐ | objective; aim |
| 教宗 | jiào zōng | pope |
| 大宗 | dà zōng | large amount; staple |
| 正宗 | zhèng zōng | orthodox school; fig. traditional |
| 祖宗 | zǔ zōng | ancestor; forebear |
| 宗派 | zōng pài | sect |
| 宗室 | zōng shì | imperial clan; member of the imperial clan |
| 宗族 | zōng zú | clan; clansman |
| 宗师 (宗師) | zōng shī | great scholar respected for learning and integrity |
| 宗法 | zōng fǎ | patriarchal clan system |
| 卷宗 | juàn zōng | file; folder |
English words written with 宗
宗 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 9 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 14 · Doctrine of the Mean 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 70
- Analects 1.13
- Analects 10.1
- Analects 11.25
- Analects 13.20
- Analects 14.20
- Analects 14.43
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.