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.

宗 character breakdown

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

宀

mián = mi + an2

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

宀 = 丶 + 冖 : 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.

示

shì = sh + Ø4

to show / to reveal

示 = 二 + 小 : 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

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.

崇

chóng = chu + (e)ng2

high / sublime / lofty / to esteem / to worship

崇 = 宗 + 山 : Chantal Chicken (chu) is making some music in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) by scratching with a fork (山) over a blackboard (宗). The music's notes are quite high (崇). Soon she will be revered (崇) by many critics.

粽

糉

zòng = zu + (e)ng4

variant of 粽[zong4]

粽

zòng = zu + (e)ng4

rice dumplings wrapped in leaves

粽 = 米 + 宗 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) graduated from a cooking school and presents his final master piece, rice (米) dumplings wrapped in leaves (粽), on a blackboard (宗) serving as a makeshift table in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).

综

綜

zèng = z + (e)ng4

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

综

綜

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

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

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

zèng = z + (e)ng4

heddle / 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]