宗
zōng
HSK level: HSK 7–9
Meaning
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
Other reading: Zōng
surname Zong
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宗教 zōng jiào religion宗旨 zōng zhǐ objective正宗 zhèng zōng orthodox school大宗 dà zōng large amount祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor禅宗 Chán zōng Zen Buddhism代宗 Dài zōng Daizong, temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰[Jing3 tai4]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]高宗 Gāo zōng Gaozong, the temple name of various emperors, notably 唐高宗[Tang2 Gao1 zong1], 宋高宗[Song4 Gao1 zong1] and 清高宗[Qing1 Gao1 zong1]广宗 Guǎng zōng see 廣宗縣|广宗县[Guang3 zong1 Xian4]莲宗 Lián zōng see 淨土宗|净土宗[Jing4 tu3 zong1]宁宗 Níng zōng Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song师宗 Shī zōng see 師宗縣|师宗县[Shi1 zong1 Xian4]世宗 Shì zōng Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang, reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented太宗 Tài zōng posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty英宗 Yīng zōng Yingzong, temple name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統|正统[Zheng4 tong3]教宗 jiào zōng pope卷宗 juàn zōng file联宗 lián zōng combined branches of a clan密宗 mì zōng tantra文宗 wén zōng writer whose works are venerated as exemplary阳宗 yáng zōng the sun宗祠 zōng cí ancestral temple