# 宗 U+5B97 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B97

A Chinese character meaning “lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan”, read zōng in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `宗` |
| Codepoint | U+5B97 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B97 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `宗` `宗` |
| CSS | `\5B97` |
| JavaScript | `\u5B97` |
| UTF-8 | E5 AE 97 |
| UTF-16 | 5B97 |
| Definition | lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan |
| Mandarin | zōng |
| Cantonese | zung1 |
| Japanese | SHUU SOU MUNE TATTOBU |
| Korean | CONG |

## Related characters

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- 宔 [U+5B94 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B94](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B94)
- 定 [U+5B9A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9A](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B9A)
- 宓 [U+5B93 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B93](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B93)
- 宛 [U+5B9B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9B](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B9B)
- 宒 [U+5B92 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B92](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B92)
- 宜 [U+5B9C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9C](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B9C)
- 宑 [U+5B91 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B91](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B91)
- 宝 [U+5B9D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9D](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B9D)

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