Vita:宗

Parts

• 宗 1100 religion
  • ⼧ * house
  • ⺭ * altar
    • 示 1086 show
      • 二 2 two
        • 一 1 one (ceiling, floor)
        • 一 1 one (ceiling, floor)
      • 小 105 small (little)
        • ⼂ * drop (a drop of, drop of, eye-dropper)
        • ⼂ * drop (a drop of, drop of, eye-dropper)
        • ⼂ * drop (a drop of, drop of, eye-dropper)
    • ⊖ * something taken away

Usage in other kanji

• 宗 1100 religion
  • 崇 1101 adore

KANJIDIC Entry

• 宗 3D21 U5b97 B40 G6 S8 F997 N1294 V1321 H2228 DK1419 L1100 K1023 O679 DO248 MN7106 MP3.0954 E889 IN616 DS805 DH899 DT865 DJ816 DG471 P2-3-5 I3m5.1 Q3090.1 DR741 Yzong1 Wjong シュウ ソウ むね T1 かず し そ そお たか とし のり ひろ むな もと よし {religion} {sect} {denomination} {main point} {origin} {essence}

EDICT Entries

• 改宗 [かいしゅう] / (n) conversion / (P) /
• 宗 [しゅう] / (n) sect / (P) /
• 宗家 [そうけ] / (n) head of family / originator / (P) /
• 宗教 [しゅうきょう] / (n) religion / (P) /
• 宗祖 [しゅうそ] / (n) sect founder / (P) /
• 宗派 [しゅうは] / (n) sect / denomination / (P) /
• 宗門 [しゅうもん] / (n) doctrine / creed / sect / (P) /
• 浄土真宗 [じょうどしんしゅう] / (n) Jodo Shinshu (offshoot of the Jodo sect) / (P) /
• 禅宗 [ぜんしゅう] / (n) Zen sect / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 727 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 宗 => 宀, 示

Radical

• 宗 => 宀 (roof) , 示 (sign)

Graphical

• 宗 => 冖,丶,二,亅,八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. Zong1 - surname Zong
2. zong1 - 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

Pronunciation Clues

1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 宗师 (宗師)
• 正宗

Medium Frequency

• 传宗接代 (傳宗接代)
• 大宗
• 宗
• 宗教
• 宗旨
• 广宗 (廣宗)
• 祖宗
• 禅宗 (禪宗)

Appears In

• 宗 also appears in:
• 综崇踪棕淙鬃粽琮綜鯮鶎腙萗誴骔