Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 宗石, 宗實, 宗奭, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /t͡sʊŋ.ʂʐ̩/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 宗 (zōng) meaning "ancestry, lineage, family" combined with 石 (shí) meaning "stone, rock", 實 (shí) meaning "real, true", or 奭 (shì) meaning "anger, red", as well as other character combinations.