宋

Translingual

Han character

宋 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十木 (JD) or 難十木 (XJD), four-corner 3090₄, composition ⿱宀木)

Derived characters

• 俕 𡜻 㧲 浨 䊉 𠒥 䫅 筞 㨲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 282, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7078
• Dae Jaweon: page 554, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 915, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5B8B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 宋
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 宋 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 宋 (Cantonese)
• 宋 (Classical)
• 宋 (Gan)
• Sòng (Chiu) (Southern Min)
• Song dynasty (English)
• Song (Chinese name) (English)
• Song (State) (English)

Pronunciation

Definitions

宋

1. (～朝) Song dynasty of China (960–1279), reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan
2. Song or Liu Song (420–479), the first of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period
3. a surname, listed 118th in the Baijiaxing

   宋美齡／宋美龄  ―  Sòng Měilíng  ―  Soong Mei-ling

   宋楚瑜  ―  Sòng Chǔyú  ―  James Soong (Taiwanese politician)

4. (～國) Song, a state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China

   • 宋人有善為不龜手之藥者，世世以洴澼絖為事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宋人有善为不龟手之药者，世世以洴澼𬘢为事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Sòng rén yǒu shàn wéi bù jūnshǒu zhī yào zhě, shìshì yǐ píngpìkuàng wéi shì.

     There was a man of Song who was skilful at making a salve which kept the hands from getting chapped; and (his family) for generations had made the bleaching of cocoon-silk their business.

5. A Chinese constellation, considered a part of the Left Wall of the Heavenly Market Enclosure

See also

Descendants

• → English: Song, Sung, Soong

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. Song (Chinese dynasty)

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: そ (so)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Tō-on: そん (son)
• Sō-on: そん (son)

Compounds

Etymology

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

宋

Wikipedia ^ja

From Middle Chinese 宋 (MC sowngH). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

宋(そう) • (Sō) 

1. Song (former Chinese dynasty):
   1. name of the state during the Zhou dynasty (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
   2. the 劉宋 (Ryūsō), around 420-479
   3. the 北宋 (Hokusō, “Northern Song”) and 南宋 (Nansō, “Southern Song”) dynasties, spanning around 960-1279
2. a surname

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

宋 (eum 송 (song))

1. referring to the Song Dynasty (宋朝)
2. A surname

Vietnamese

Han character

宋: Hán Nôm readings: tống

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