粽 zòng a dumpling made of glutinous rice
怎么记住“粽”: 米 rice + 宗 ancestry = a dumpling made of glutinous rice. Grandma wraps sticky rice in bamboo leaves to honour the family ancestry, and each child gets a dumpling made of glutinous rice.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
粽 = 米 rice + 宗 ancestry
- 米 rice meaning
- 宗 ancestry sound
Grandma wraps sticky rice in bamboo leaves to honour the family ancestry, and each child gets a dumpling made of glutinous rice.
How it came to be
The rice gives the meaning and the sign for ancestry gives the sound.
用法
- Zongzi: 粽子 (zòngzi), glutinous rice with fillings wrapped in bamboo/reed leaves.
- The traditional food of 端午节 (Duānwǔ Jié), the Dragon Boat Festival.
- Fillings vary by region: sweet (red bean, dates) vs savory (pork, egg yolk), a classic 甜/咸 debate.
- Bound in 粽子; measure word 个 or 只.