Pinyin "zong1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zong1" is split up into two parts: "zu" and "(e)ng1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "zu"

Zu is for Zapatista Zebra.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng1"

In front of the engine.

Characters pronounced zong1

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.

踪

蹤

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

footprint / trace / tracks

踪 = ⻊ + 宗 : In front of the engine ((e)ng1) Zapatista Zebra (zu) is walking over a blackboard (宗) wearing cowboy boots (⻊), leaving footprints (踪) all over it.

综

綜

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

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

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

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

棕

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

palm / palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber) / brown

棕 = 宗 + 木 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) got a new blackboard (宗) delivered and receives it in front of the engine ((e)ng1). It is of fairly low quality: the two vertical beams are made from a Christmas tree (木) and a palm (棕) respectively. Also, the blackboard is not exactly black, but rather brown (棕).

棕

椶

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

variant of 棕[zong1]