宗 zōng

宗 (zōng) is a Chinese character with 8 strokes, taught at HSK level 6. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Meaning

宗 means ancestor; clan in English.

Meanings in 13 languages

English	ancestor; clan
Spanish	antepasado; clan
Portuguese	ancestral; clã
French	ancêtre; clan
German	Ahn; Klan
Italian	antenato; clan
Russian	предок; род
Arabic	سلف; عشيرة
Hindi	पूर्वज; वंश
Indonesian	leluhur; marga
Vietnamese	tổ tông; tông
Japanese	宗; 宗派
Korean	종문; 종

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 宗 loaded.

Characters at the same level