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太宗 (Tài zōng): meaning and stroke order

太宗 (Tài zōng) means posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty.

太宗

Simplified
太宗
Traditional
太宗 (same form)
Pinyin
Tài zōng

Stroke order of 太宗

太

  • tài highest; greatest
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

宗

  • Zōng surname Zong
  • zōng school; sect
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 太宗

  1. Tài zōng
    • posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty
    • King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367–1422), reigned 1400–1418

Radicals of the characters

太
Radical 大 (Kangxi radical 37) · 4 strokes · built from 大 and 丶
宗
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 8 strokes · 宀 on top, 示 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

太宗 in our stories

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  • 龙王这才害怕起来，连夜去求唐太宗，因为负责行刑的，正是太宗的大臣魏征。

    Lóngwáng zhè cái hàipà qǐlai liányè qù qiú Táng Tàizōng yīnwèi fùzé xíngxíng de zhèngshì Tàizōng de dàchén Wèi Zhēng

    Only then did the Dragon King grow afraid. That very night he went to beg Emperor Taizong for help, for the one charged with the execution was none other than Taizong's minister Wei Zheng.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 太宗

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).