宗社

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	society; group
trad. (宗社)		宗	社
simp. ^#(宗社)		宗	社

Etymology

Short for 宗廟／宗庙 (zōngmiào) + 社稷 (shèjì).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zōngshè

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥㄕㄜˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zōngshè
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥㄕㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zongshè
  - Wade–Giles: tsung¹-shê⁴
  - Yale: dzūng-shè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongsheh
  - Palladius: цзуншэ (czunšɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: tsowng dzyaeX

Rime
Character	宗	社
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	冬 (5)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	作冬切	常者切
Baxter	tsowng	dzyaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suoŋ/	/d͡ʑia^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suoŋ/	/d͡ʑia^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡soŋ/	/d͡ʑia^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sawŋ/	/d͡ʑia^X/
Li Rong	/t͡soŋ/	/ʑia^X/
Wang Li	/t͡suoŋ/	/ʑĭa^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suoŋ/	/ʑi̯a^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zōng	shè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung¹	se⁶

Noun

宗社

(literary, historical) the imperial ancestral hall and the imperial alter to the gods
(literary, figurative) the country; the nation

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