Read Edit View history 宗 zōngZōng HSK6 ancestor, sect Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a spiritual (示) edifice (宀), like an ancestral shrine. Pinyin Separate values with commas zōng ×zong × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 宗 Simp strokes 宗 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 宗 Simp strokes 宗 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 宗 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 446, 828 ], [ 531, 780 ], [ 551, 765 ], [ 563, 745 ] ], [ [ 249, 673 ], [ 260, 634 ], [ 212, 537 ], [ 200, 475 ] ], [ [ 283, 601 ], [ 306, 615 ], [ 453, 647 ], [ 742, 689 ], [ 784, 676 ], [ 806, 646 ], [ 734, 556 ] ], [ [ 373, 487 ], [ 431, 482 ], [ 595, 520 ], [ 649, 521 ] ], [ [ 250, 324 ], [ 297, 318 ], [ 533, 363 ], [ 704, 387 ], [ 784, 372 ] ], [ [ 482, 331 ], [ 511, 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521 ] ], [ [ 250, 324 ], [ 297, 318 ], [ 533, 363 ], [ 704, 387 ], [ 784, 372 ] ], [ [ 482, 331 ], [ 511, 305 ], [ 517, 269 ], [ 514, 129 ], [ 504, 67 ], [ 492, 50 ], [ 474, 49 ], [ 376, 91 ] ], [ [ 298, 230 ], [ 274, 166 ], [ 220, 72 ] ], [ [ 655, 239 ], [ 772, 150 ], [ 795, 122 ], [ 813, 76 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 460 793 Q 520 736 559 722 Q 577 721 586 736 Q 592 752 587 771 Q 569 817 471 839 Q 452 843 441 837 Q 434 836 438 821 Q 441 808 460 793 Z", "M 286 633 Q 286 660 260 680 Q 241 696 238 668 Q 242 637 201 584 Q 153 533 183 471 Q 199 443 221 472 Q 236 493 275 597 L 286 633 Z", "M 275 597 Q 296 588 332 596 Q 458 639 678 664 Q 727 670 742 668 Q 761 655 758 647 Q 758 646 729 567 Q 722 554 729 549 Q 736 545 754 558 Q 809 600 856 615 Q 895 628 893 638 Q 892 648 815 701 Q 791 719 729 705 Q 695 702 286 633 C 256 628 246 603 275 597 Z", "M 381 498 Q 344 491 371 474 Q 414 450 471 466 Q 541 482 617 498 Q 651 505 655 511 Q 665 520 659 528 Q 652 540 622 547 Q 598 550 492 518 Q 437 506 381 498 Z", "M 511 339 Q 596 352 728 356 Q 785 356 792 366 Q 796 378 781 390 Q 727 426 693 416 Q 557 383 251 334 Q 232 331 247 315 Q 260 302 278 298 Q 299 294 314 298 Q 389 322 476 333 L 511 339 Z", "M 476 333 Q 476 330 478 326 Q 491 289 487 177 Q 486 114 479 99 Q 476 83 448 86 Q 414 93 380 99 Q 368 99 367 92 Q 366 86 377 77 Q 450 25 476 -7 Q 494 -20 506 -18 Q 516 -14 529 21 Q 545 55 542 118 Q 541 220 545 256 Q 552 298 535 319 Q 522 332 511 339 C 487 357 467 362 476 333 Z", "M 284 234 Q 253 183 214 139 Q 205 129 201 111 Q 195 84 202 67 Q 206 48 232 57 Q 290 93 303 168 Q 313 202 310 231 Q 306 241 299 242 Q 290 242 284 234 Z", "M 654 218 Q 711 164 778 85 Q 794 63 811 58 Q 821 57 829 67 Q 842 80 831 129 Q 815 193 656 252 Q 646 258 643 245 Q 642 229 654 218 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source 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