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Chinese
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school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family |
room
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| trad. (宗室)
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宗
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室
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| simp. #(宗室)
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宗
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室
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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宗
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室
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zōng
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shì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsowng ›
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‹ syit ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁuŋ/
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/*s.ti/
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| English
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ancestral temple
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chamber; house
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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宗
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室
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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17892
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17374
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Phonetic
component
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宗
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至
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Rime
group
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終
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質
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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宗
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失
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsuːŋ/
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/*hliɡ/
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Noun
宗室
- (historical) imperial clan
- (historical) member of the imperial clan; clansman
Synonyms
- (imperial clan): 皇家 (huángjiā), 皇室 (huángshì), 皇族 (huángzú), 王家 (wángjiā), 王室 (wángshì)
Descendants
Vietnamese
Noun
宗室
- (historical) chữ Hán form of tông thất (“a member of the imperial clan”)
See also