The Chinese Radical: 宗


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Meaning
Religion, school of a teaching    宗

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
to sum up, to put together, comprehensive
zōng
Left: thread 纟/, right: religion/teaching (The 'roof' over the altar is the religion.)
Threads shall, according to the teaching, be put together.
JLPT HSK 6
Religion, school of a teaching, ancestor
zōng
Top: roof , bottom: to show (altar on which something can be seen)
The 'roof' over the altar is the religion.
JLPT HSK 6
sublime, lofty, high, to esteem, to worship
chóng
Top: mountain , below: religion, teaching (The 'roof' over the altar is the religion)
A mountains lofty like a religion is sublime.
JLPT HSK 6
footprint, footmark, trace, tracks
zōng
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: religion/teaching (The 'roof' over the altar is the religion)
Feet as well as religions leave footprints.
JLPT HSK 6
palm tree, palm fiber, coir (coconut fiber)
zōng
Left: tree , right: religion/teaching (The 'roof' over the altar [=to show] is the religion.)
The tree that has a roof to show , is the palm tree.

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