Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "宗", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "宗", and master the standard way of writing the character "宗".
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school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / family
宗 [zōng]
名词
1. 家族的上辈,民族的祖先:祖宗、宗庙、宗祠。
Ancestral head, ancestors of a nation: ancestor, ancestral temple, ancestral shrine.
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。
Family: family law (a system in feudal society centered around families, differentiating kinship by degrees), clan, royal clan (royal family), clan elder.
3. 派别:宗派、禅宗(佛教的一派)。
Faction: sect, Zen school (a branch of Buddhism).
4. 主要的目的和意图:宗旨、开宗明义。
Main purpose and intention: purport, stating the main idea clearly.
5. 尊奉:宗仰。
To revere: to honor.
6. 为众人所师法的人物:宗师。
A person followed by many as a teacher: master.
7. 量词,指件或批:一宗心事。
A measure word for matters, etc.: one matter of concern.
8. 姓。
Surname.
动词
1. 尊崇:honour.
To honor: to respect.
2. 尊敬:respect.
To respect: to regard highly.
3. 取法:follow.
To follow: to abide by.
4. 归往:go toward.
To go toward: to head toward.
5. 归向:yield to.
To yield to: to submit to.
量词
——用于事情等。如:一宗心事。
Used for matters, etc.: for example, one matter of concern.
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
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