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

= + : 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.

宗 character breakdown

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).

Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
to show / to reveal

= + : A standard or guidon, as used in the military. Sherlock Holmes tries out his new guidon in the space station's bathroom. The standard features a capacitor and a daisy.

Characters with 宗 as component

surname Cong
jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times
bristles / horse's mane
variant of 鬃[zong1]
disheveled hair / horse's mane
noise of water
hydrazone (chemistry)
tribute paid by Han dynasty tribes
variant of 騣|鬃[zong1]

Words with 宗

file / folder / dossier
to carry on one's ancestral line
to bring honor to one's ancestors
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, reign name of fourth Tang emperor Li Zhe 李哲[Li3 Zhe2] (656-710), reigned 705-710
Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫[Li3 Yu4], reigned 762-779
Three Treatise School (Buddhism)
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
Daizong, temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰[Jing3 tai4]
Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)

Sentences with 宗

宗 currently does not appear in any sentence.