Radical
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
5
Mandarin
zōng
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
5 strokes
Strokes
8 strokes
Mandarin
zōng

Definitions by reading

zong1
Mandarin equivalent zōng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zong1 Chaoyang zong1 Chenghai zong1 Jieyang zong1 Raoping zong1 Shantou zong1
①祖先:祖宗
②家族:同宗
③派别:宗派
④尊奉:宗仰
⑤主旨:万变不离其宗
⑥量词:一宗大案
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
精母 一等 口 冬韵 平声 作冬切
Reconstruction:
Original

眾也,本也,尊也。亦官名。漢書:宗正,秦官也,掌親屬。亦姓,周鄉宗伯之後,出南陽。又漢複姓二氏,前漢有宗伯鳳,南燕錄有宗正謙善卜相。作冬切二。