宗
zōng
school
surname Zong; 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
roof (宀) + altar (示) = ancestral clan and its tradition
The image is of an altar kept under a family roof — the place where ancestors are venerated and where a lineage traces its roots. From that ritual center flows the extended senses: sect, school of thought, guiding model, all sharing the idea of a revered origin one returns to.
警察正在调查这宗案件。
jǐng chá zhèng zài diào chá zhè zōng àn jiàn。
The police are investigating this case.
他们两家是同宗，有共同的祖先。
tā men liǎng jiā shì tóng zōng，yǒu gòng tóng de zǔ xiān。
Their two families share the same clan and have a common ancestor.
Words with 宗
宗室
zōng shì
imperial clan
黄宗羲
huáng zōng xī
Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition
卷宗
juàn zōng
file
英宗
yīng zōng
Yingzong, temple name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統|正统[Zheng4 tong3]
高宗
gāo zōng
Gaozong, the temple name of various emperors, notably 唐高宗[Tang2 Gao1 zong1], 宋高宗[Song4 Gao1 zong1] and 清高宗[Qing1 Gao1 zong1] (aka 李治[Li3 Zhi4], 趙構|赵构[Zhao4 Gou4] and 乾隆[Qian2 long2] respectively)
开宗明义
kāi zōng míng yì
to declare at the outset (idiom)
世宗
shì zōng
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
陶宗仪
táo zōng yí
Tao Zongyi (c. 1329-1410), Yuan dynasty scholar
阳宗
yáng zōng
sun
三论宗
sān lùn zōng
Three Treatise School (Buddhism)
世宗大王
shì zōng dà wáng
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
代宗
dài zōng
Daizong, temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰[Jing3 tai4]