宗
zōngZōng HSK6

ancestor, sect

宗 zōng frequency
batch measure word
classifier for batches, items, legal or medical cases, and reservoirs

警察破获了一宗跨国走私案。

jǐng​chá pò​huò le yī zōng kuà​guó zǒu​sī'àn.

The police solved a transnational smuggling case.

sect noun
a school of thought, religious sect, or branch of a discipline

禅宗是佛教中影响最大的一个宗。

Chán​zōng shì Fó​jiào zhōng yǐng​xiǎng zuì dà de yī gè zōng.

Zen is the most influential sect of Buddhism.

ancestor expression
ancestors, clan, or family lineage

每到春节，家里的长辈都要祭拜列祖列宗。

měi dào Chūn​jié, jiā​lǐ de zhǎng​bèi dōu yào jì​bài liè​zǔ liè zōng.

Every Spring Festival, the family elders worship their ancestors.

model noun
to take as one's model or to follow a style in academic or artistic work

他的画风宗宋人，笔法非常细腻。

tā de huà​fēng zōng Sòng rén, bǐ​fǎ fēi​cháng xì​nì.

His painting style follows that of the Song Dynasty masters, with very delicate brushwork.

purpose noun
the main aim, purpose, or guiding principle

无论形式如何变化，其宗不离其本。

wú​lùn xíng​shì rú​hé biàn​huà, qí zōng bù lí qí běn.

No matter how the form changes, the essence remains the same.

宗 Zōng
Zong proper name
surname Zong

宗先生是这家公司的创始人。

Zōng xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de chuàng​shǐ​rén.

Mr. Zong is the founder of this company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
727th most common 262.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,587th most common 37.4 per million appears in 16% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
12.5 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
35.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5B97

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)