宗
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Meanings
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- 1.surname Zong
- 1.school
- 2.sect
- 3.purpose
- 4.model
- 5.ancestor
- 6.clan
- 7.to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
- 8.classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
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Wiktionary
- 1.ancestral temple
- 2.ancestors or elders of a people
- 3.One of the two suffixes of emperors' temple names.
- 4.family
- 5.school; sect
- 6.main purpose
- 7.to revere; to respect; to follow
- 8.an administrative division in historical Tibet or in present-day Bhutan, equivalent to a county
- 9.Classifier for things, sums of money, goods, etc.
- 10.Classifier for cases (e.g. traffic accidents, criminal cases, medical cases, etc.).
- 11.a surname
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 (“house”) + 示 (“spirit tablet”) – temple; ancestral shrine. Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsuk ⪤ *tsik (“to build”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “castle; fortress”), Burmese ဆောင် (hcaung, “room; chamber; hall”) (Schuessler, 2007). ; an administrative division in historical Tibet or present-day Bhutan
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Related words
宗教 religion宗旨 objective正宗 orthodox school大宗 large amount祖宗 ancestor世宗 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宁宗 Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224)密宗 tantra宗族 clan密宗 Vajrayana太宗 posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty宗地 parcel of land