U+5B97 "宗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20917.110
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