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宗 meaning in English

zōng

school; sect

HSK 7-9measure word8 strokes

Meaning of 宗

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zōng
  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
Zōng
  1. surname Zong

宗 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ最zuì好hǎo别bié提tí到dào宗zōng教jiào和hé政zhèng治zhì这zhè些xiē话huà题tí。
You'd better avoid discussion of religion and politics.
所suǒ有yǒu宗zōng教jiào都dōu想xiǎng要yào和hé平píng，要yào战zhàn争zhēng的de都dōu是shì别bié人rén。
All religions want peace, it's the others who want war.
我wǒ在zài图tú尔ěr库kù大dà学xué文wén化huà系xì学xué习xí宗zōng教jiào比bǐ较jiào学xué。
I study comparative religion in the arts faculty of the University of Turku.
我wǒ不bù信xìn宗zōng教jiào。
I don't follow any religion.
他tā们men属shǔ于yú哪nǎ一yí个gè佛fó教jiào宗zōng派pài？
Which Buddhist school of thought do they belong to?

Stroke order for each character

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宗 zōng · school · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 宗.

宗教zōngjiàoreligion
正宗zhèngzōngorthodox school; fig. traditional
祖宗zǔzongancestor; forebear
宗旨zōngzhǐobjective; aim
大宗dàzōnglarge amount; staple
教宗jiàozōngpope
卷宗juànzōngfile; folder

Questions about 宗

What does 宗 mean?

宗 (zōng) means "school; sect" and is used as a measure word.

How do you write 宗?

宗 is made of 1 character: 宗 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 宗 an HSK word?

Yes. 宗 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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