Wiktionary

宗

See also: 完
宗 U+5B97, 宗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B97
← 宖
[U+5B96] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 官 →
[U+5B98]

Translingual Edit

Han character Edit

宗 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十一一火 (JMMF), four-corner 30901, composition ⿱宀示)

Derived characters Edit

References Edit

  • KangXi: page 283, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7106
  • Dae Jaweon: page 557, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 917, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5B97

Chinese Edit

trad. 宗
simp. # 宗
 
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Glyph origin Edit

Historical forms of the character 宗
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (宗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
淙 *zuːŋ, *sruːŋs, *zuːŋ
鬃 *zuːŋ, *ʔsoːŋ, *zuːŋ
漴 *zruːŋs
粽 *ʔsoːŋs
宗 *ʔsuːŋ
倧 *ʔsuːŋ
綜 *ʔsuːŋs
錝 *ʔsuːŋs
賨 *zuːŋ
琮 *zuːŋ
悰 *zuːŋ
孮 *zuːŋ
誴 *zuːŋ
崇 *zruŋ
崈 *zruŋ
踪 *ʔsoŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 宀 (“house”) + 示 (“spirit tablet”) – temple; ancestral shrine.

Etymology Edit

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
Borrowed from Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “district; province”).

Pronunciation Edit

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 宗
Mandarin Beijing /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /suŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡suŋ²¹/
Jinan /t͡suŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡səŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡suŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡suŋ²¹/
Xining /t͡suə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡suŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /t͡sũn³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡suŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡soŋ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /t͡soŋ³¹/
Hefei /t͡səŋ²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡suəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡suŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sũŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡soŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡soŋ³³/
Wenzhou /t͡soŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /t͡san¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡soŋ³³/
Xiangtan /t͡sən³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡suŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /t͡suŋ⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /t͡suŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡soŋ⁵³/
Nanning /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡suŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡soŋ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /toŋ²³/
Rime
Character 宗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 冬 (5)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 作冬切
Baxter tsowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡suoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡suoŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡soŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sawŋ/
Li
Rong 		/t͡soŋ/
Wang
Li 		/t͡suoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡suoŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zung1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zōng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsowng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ts]ˁuŋ/
English ancestral temple

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 宗
Reading # 1/1
No. 17892
Phonetic
component 		宗
Rime
group 		終
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		宗
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsuːŋ/

Definitions Edit

宗

  1. ancestral temple
  2. ancestors or elders of a people
  3. family
    宗法  ―  zōngfǎ  ―  patriarcal clan system
    宗周  ―  Zōngzhōu  ―  Ancestral Zhou, Clan city of Zhou (Western Zhou dynasty's capital)
  4. having the same ancestry
    宗兄  ―  zōngxiōng  ―  elder brother
  5. school; sect
    禪宗／禅宗  ―  chánzōng  ―  Zen
    真佛宗  ―  zhēn fó zōng  ―  True Buddha School
  6. main purpose
    宗旨  ―  zōngzhǐ  ―  aim
  7. to revere; to respect
  8. to follow
  9. (historical) an administrative division in historical Tibet, equivalent to a county
    當雄宗／当雄宗  ―  Dāngxióng Zōng  ―  Damxung dzong
  10. Classifier for legal cases.
  11. Classifier for cases of sickness.
    初步診斷有41宗病例，其中一宗死亡[…]香港醫學會傳染病顧問委員會主席梁子超，在本台節目《星期六問責》說，相比同類型病毒，例如中東呼吸綜合症及沙士，今次武漢至今僅一宗死亡個案，相信此病毒性肺炎的死亡率不算高。 [MSC, trad.]
    初步诊断有41宗病例，其中一宗死亡[…]香港医学会传染病顾问委员会主席梁子超，在本台节目《星期六问责》说，相比同类型病毒，例如中东呼吸综合症及沙士，今次武汉至今仅一宗死亡个案，相信此病毒性肺炎的死亡率不算高。 [MSC, simp.]
    From: 2020 January 11, RTHK, 醫學會專家相信武漢不明原因病毒性肺炎死亡率不算高 [1]
    Chūbù zhěnduàn yǒu 41 zōng bìnglì, qízhōng yī zōng sǐwáng Xiānggǎng Yīxuéhuì Chuánrǎnbìng Gùwèn Wěiyuánhuì zhǔxí Liáng Zǐchāo, zài běn tái jiémù “Xīngqīliù Wènzé” shuō, xiàngbǐ tónglèixíng bìngdú, lìrú Zhōngdōng hūxī zōnghézhèng jí Shāshì, jīncì Wǔhàn zhìjīn jǐn yī zōng sǐwáng gèàn, xiàngxìn cǐ bìngdúxìng fèiyán de sǐwánglǜ bùsuàn gāo. [Pinyin]
    41 tentative diagnoses, with 1 death among them […] Hong Kong Medical Association Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee leader LEUNG Chi-chiu said in our program "Saturday Accountability" that compared to viruses of the same type, such as MERS and SARS, Wuhan has only had one case of death so far; he believes that the death rate of this viral pneumonia cannot be considered to be high.
  12. a surname

See also Edit

Compounds Edit

References Edit

Japanese Edit

Kanji Edit

宗

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. religion; doctrine; creed
  2. a place to venerate one's ancestors
  3. ancestor; ancestry; clan
  4. esteemed; respected
  5. central idea; core principle

Readings Edit

Compounds Edit

Definitions Edit

Kanji in this term
宗
むね
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 宗 – see the following entry.
【旨むね】S
[noun] principle; aim; purpose
[noun] gist; meaning
(This term, 宗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean Edit

Hanja Edit

宗 (eumhun 마루 종 (maru jong))

  1. Hanja form? of 종 (“fundamental knowledge”).
  2. Hanja form? of 종 (“root; ancestry”).
  3. Hanja form? of 종 (“religion”).

Compounds Edit

Vietnamese Edit

Han character Edit

宗: Hán Nôm readings: tông, tong, tôn, tung

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