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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zōng - surname Zong
zōng - 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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 4,594 3,398 5,881

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

An altar 示 to the ancestor spirits found in one's home 宀

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
宗教 5 6 2,683 4,234 7,571
- 7 4,594 3,398 5,881
卷宗 - - 12,908 41,266 63,021
正宗 - 8 14,218 10,705 5,362
宗旨 6 9 14,242 6,956 17,426
祖宗 - 9 21,037 18,269 11,147
大宗 - 9 22,399 13,878 20,382
禅宗 - - 25,788 33,091 32,490
宗庙 - - 27,786 48,360 90,196
教宗 - - 29,868 - -
传宗接代 - - 34,432 53,236 42,300
宗师 - - 36,579 32,026 42,646
宗派 - - 39,928 36,897 67,294
宗族 - - 44,709 29,706 41,664
高宗 - - 47,640 49,926 84,590
左宗棠 - - 48,259 47,001 65,938
光宗耀祖 - - 57,974 74,056 60,379
世宗 - - 85,175 - -
宗派主义 - - 89,875 50,045 -
万变不离其宗 - - 90,356 69,901 50,239