宗 (zōng) — (classifier) for cases, batches, transactions, medical cases, etc.
Definition
A classifier for matters, cases, or transactions (案件, 交易, 病例). 桩 overlaps for matters/events; 批 is for batches of goods or people, not cases.
classifier
for casesbatchestransactionsmedical casesetc.
Examples
- 宗。Jǐng fāng zhèng zài diào chá zhè yì zōng àn jiàn.The police are investigating this case.
- 宗。Tā men wán chéng le liǎng zōng dà jiāo yì.They completed two big deals.
- 宗。Yī yuàn jì lù le sān zōng hǎn jiàn bìng lì.The hospital recorded three rare medical cases.
Origin
Compound ideograph六书liùshū
会意huìyìTwo or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.
- 宀宀miánhouse
- 示示shìspirit tablet
宗 pairs 宀, a house, with 示, a spirit tablet, to show an ancestral shrine or temple.
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