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Meaning of 宗

Pinyin zōng

Radical

宀

Strokes

Definition

school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / family

Usage

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宗 [zōng] 名词 1. 家族的上辈，民族的祖先：祖宗。宗庙。宗祠。 (1. Ancestors of a family, ancestors of an ethnic group: ancestral temple.) 2. 家族：宗法（封建社会以家族为中心，按制统远近区别亲疏的制度）。宗族。宗室（帝王的宗族）。宗兄。 (2. Family: clan law, which distinguishes kinship based on hierarchical closeness in a feudal society.) 3. 派别：宗派。禅宗（佛教的一派）。 (3. Faction: sect; Zen sect in Buddhism.) 4. 主要的目的和意图：宗旨。开宗明义。 (4. Major purpose and intention: central tenet.) 5. 尊奉：宗仰。 (5. Veneration: respect and worship.) 6. 为众人所师法的人物：宗师。 (6. A figure who serves as a model for others: master.) 7. 量词，指件或批：一宗心事。 (7. Measure word, indicating matters: a matter of concern.) 8. 姓。 (8. Surname.) 动词 1. 尊崇。 (1. To honor.) 2. 尊敬。 (2. To respect.) 3. 取法。 (3. To follow.) 4. 归往。 (4. To go towards.) 5. 归向。 (5. To yield to.) 量词 ——用于事情等。如:一宗心事。 (— Used for matters, etc. For example: a matter of concern.) 宗 [zōng] 名词原义: 宗庙，祖庙 (Original meaning: ancestral temple.) 1. 同本义 ([En.] ancestral temple) 2. 祖先（常指祖父辈以上的） ([En.] ancestor) 3. 宗族; 同族 ([En.] clan) 4. 宗派; 派别 ([En.] faction; sect) 5. 宗子，即嫡长子 ([En.] eldest son of the legal wife) 6. 即品系 ([En.] strain) 7. 被传达、表示或暗示的意思; 主旨 ([En.] purport) 8. 生物的种内分类单位 ([En.] race) 9. 尊祭之神 ([En.] honoured gods) 10. 帝王的庙号，[En.] title conferred on an emperor after his death) 11. 诸侯夏天朝见天子之礼 ([En.] appearance of feudal princes at court in summer) 12. 姓 ([En.] surname.) 动词 1. 尊崇 ([En.] honour) 2. 尊敬 ([En.] respect) 3. 取法 ([En.] follow) 4. 归往 ([En.] go toward) 5. 归向 ([En.] yield to) 量词 ——用于事情等。如: 一宗心事。 (— Used for matters, etc. For example: a matter of concern.)

哲宗 zhé zōng

Tetsu

唯识宗 Wéi shí zōng

Yogācāra school of Buddhism / Consciousness-only school of Buddhism

宗垒 zōng lěi

Zong Lei

宗教 zōng jiào

religion

宗室 zōng shì

imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine

宗旨 zōng zhǐ

objective / aim / goal

宗族 zōng zú

clan / clansman

大宗 dà zōng

large amount / staple / influential family of long standing

宗派 zōng pài

sect

宗人府 zōng rén fǔ

Clan mansion

太宗 Tài zōng

posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418

禅宗 Chán zōng

Zen Buddhism

宗法 zōng fǎ

patriarchal clan system

世宗 Shì zōng

Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented

岱宗 Dài zōng

another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls

左宗棠 Zuǒ Zōng táng

Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader

宗戚 zōng qī

Zong Qi

熹宗 xī zōng

Xi Zong

宗祧 zōng tiāo

Zong Zi

睿宗 ruì zōng

Rui Zong

唐睿宗 Táng Ruì zōng

Emperor Ruizong of Tang, reign name of sixth Tang emperor Li Dan 李旦[Li3 Dan4] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712

僖宗 xī zōng

Xi Zong

穆宗 mù zōng

Muzon

钦宗 qīn zōng

Qin Zong