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Chinese
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school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family |
temple; monastery
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| trad. (宗廟)
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宗
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廟
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| simp. (宗庙)
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宗
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庙
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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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廟
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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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miào
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsowng ›
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‹ mjewH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁuŋ/
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/*raw-s/
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| English
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ancestral temple
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a kind of building with side rooms
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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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廟
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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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1306
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Phonetic
component
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宗
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朝
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Rime
group
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終
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宵
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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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廟
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsuːŋ/
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/*mrews/
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| Notes
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古文作庿
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Noun
宗廟
- ancestral hall; family temple (for royal or noble families)
- nickname for the royal family or the country
Synonyms
- (ancestral hall): 宗祠 (zōngcí), 祠堂 (cítáng), 家廟／家庙 (jiāmiào), 家祠 (jiācí), 祖廟／祖庙 (zǔmiào); (Hokkien) 祖厝
Descendants
Korean
Proper noun
宗廟 • (Jongmyo) (hangeul 종묘)
- hanja form? of 종묘
Vietnamese
Proper noun
宗廟
- chữ Hán form of tông miếu.