TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
宗
宗 ＝ 宀 ＋ 示
ㄗㄨㄥ · zōng
noun — ancestral temple; clan, lineage; school, sect
字源 FORM — what the parts do
宀義a roof, the temple hall
An altar (示) housed under a roof (宀) — the hall where the ancestors are honoured. From the ancestral temple comes the clan that shares it, and from the shared line, a school or sect: 祖宗、宗派.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屋裡（宀）立著一座神主（示）——一族人在這裡認祖歸宗。
Under the roof (宀) stands the spirit-altar (示) — here a whole line gathers to claim its ancestors.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)祖宗— ancestors, the ancestral temple
→宗族— clan, lineage常用
⇒宗派— school, sect
⇒宗旨— the main aim, the gist
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension