U+5B97 "宗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
宗
U+5B97 "宗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes concepts of ancestry, clan, sect, or purpose, often conveying a sense of lineage or a foundational principle. Its structure combines a roof radical (宀) above a component indicating an altar or ancestral tablet, visually representing a household shrine. This character is commonly used in words such as "祖宗" meaning ancestor, "宗教" meaning religion, and "宗旨" meaning core purpose or tenet. It holds significant cultural weight in East Asian societies, where it symbolizes respect for heritage and the transmission of teachings within family or philosophical schools.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5B97 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 宗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 宗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAE 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5B97 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005B97 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5b97 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A976 |
| kCCCII | 213A6C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4C78 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4C78 |
| kCangjie | JMMF |
| kCantonese | zung1 |
| kCihaiT | 411.601 |
| kCowles | 4646 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0557.050 |
| kDefinition | lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan |
| kEACC | 213A6C |
| kFanqie | 作冬 |
| kFenn | 516B |
| kFennIndex | 563.05 564.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3090.1 |
| kGB0 | 5558 |
| kGB1 | 5558 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 1003a |
| kHangul | 종:0E |
| kHanYu | 20917.110 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zōng(49) zong(18) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20917.110:zōng |
| kHKGlyph | 1001 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0557.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20917.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0283.140 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-575A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A976 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3D21 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E9CA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7073 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4C78 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5251 |
| kJapanese | シュウ ソウ むね |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1275 |
| kJapaneseKun | MUNE TATTOBU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHUU SOU |
| kJis0 | 2901 |
| kKangXi | 0283.140 |
| kKorean | CONG |
| kLau | 1628 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1350 |
| kMandarin | zōng |
| kMatthews | 6896 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3506 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010129 |
| kMorohashi | 07106 |
| kNelson | 1294 |
| kPhonetic | 321 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2347+40.3.5 C+2347+113.5.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 40.5 |
| kSBGY | 033.42 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 167.03 176.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zōng粵zung1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1350 |
| kTang | *tzong |
| kTGHZ2013 | 492.190:zōng |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tông |
| kXerox | 244:144 |
| kXHC1983 | 1538.020:zōng |