综

heddle (device to form warp in weaving textiles) / Taiwan pr. [zong4]

to sum up / to put together / Taiwan pr. [zong4]

综 = 宗 + 纟 : In front of the engine ((e)ng1) Zapatista Zebra (zu) is working hard on putting together (综) a live silk worm (纟). He already has a model silk worm standing on a table next to his blackboard (宗), on which he sums up (综) all the protein folds he would need to synthesize (综) the silk worm.

综

綜

zèng = z + (e)ng4

heddle / Taiwan pr. [zong4]

综

綜

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

(bound form) to synthesize; to combine / Taiwan pr. [zong4]

综 character breakdown

综
- 宗
  - 宀
    - 丶
    - 冖
  - 示
    - 二
      - 一
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
- 纟

宗

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

school / 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

宗 = 宀 + 示 : Zapatista Zebra graduated from middle school and celebrates in front engine by crashing a blackboard, ripping the school's banner and trashing his graduation cap.

纟

糹

si̅ = s + Ø1

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.