送

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送 U+9001, 送
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9001
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 适 →

Translingual

Stroke order
10 strokes

Han character

送 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿大 (YTK), four-corner 38303, composition ⿺辶关)

Traditional 送
Simplified 送
Japanese 送
Korean 送

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1256, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38842
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1741, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3832, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+9001

Chinese

trad. 送
simp. # 送
alternative forms 䢠

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sloːŋs) : semantic 辶 (“to walk”) + phonetic 灷 ().

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Derivative: 餸／𩠌 (sung3, “(Cantonese) accompanying dish”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • sàng - vernacular;
  • sòng - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 送
Mandarin Beijing /suŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /suŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /suŋ⁵³/
Jinan /suŋ²¹/
Qingdao /səŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /suŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /suŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /suə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /suŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /sũn¹³/
Ürümqi /suŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /soŋ³⁵/
Chengdu /soŋ¹³/
Guiyang /soŋ²¹³/
Kunming /soŋ¹/
Nanjing /soŋ⁴⁴/
Hefei /səŋ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /suəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /suŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /sũŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /soŋ³⁵/
Suzhou /soŋ⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /soŋ⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /soŋ⁴²/
Hui Shexian /sʌ̃³²⁴/
Tunxi /san⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /soŋ⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /sən⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /suŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /suŋ⁵³/
Taoyuan /suŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /soŋ³³/
Nanning /ɬuŋ³³/
Hong Kong /suŋ³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /sɔŋ²¹/
/saŋ²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /sɔyŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /sɔŋ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /saŋ²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /soŋ³⁵/
/taŋ³⁵/
Rime
Character 送
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇弄切
Baxter suwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/suŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/suŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/suŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/səwŋH/
Li
Rong 		/suŋH/
Wang
Li 		/suŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/suŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sung3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 送
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sòng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ suwngH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁoŋ-s/
English escort (v.), send

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 送
Reading # 1/1
No. 12062
Phonetic
component 		送
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		送
Old
Chinese 		/*sloːŋs/

Definitions

送

  1. to see someone off
  2. to send; to dispatch; to deliver
  3. to give; to offer; to gift
    買一送一／买一送一  ―  mǎi yī sòng yī  ―  buy one get one (free)
    滿千送百／满千送百  ―  mǎn qiān sòng bǎi  ―  purchase $1000 and get $100 back
    這份禮物送給你。 [MSC, trad.]
    这份礼物送给你。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè fèn lǐwù sòng gěi nǐ.
    This is a gift for you.
    人哋送你嘢，要講多謝。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    人哋送你嘢，要讲多谢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    jan4 dei6 sung3 nei5 je5, jiu3 gong2 do1 ze6.
    When people gift you things, you need to say thank you.
  4. to lose; to sacrifice
  5. (Cantonese) to accompany (a staple food, medicine, drinks, etc.)
    我阿婆好中意用腐乳送粥。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    ngo5 aa3 po4 hou2 zung1 ji3 jung6 fu6 jyu5 sung3 zuk1.
    My grandma really likes to eat congee with fermented bean curd.
    唔可以用酒送藥。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔可以用酒送药。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    m4 ho2 ji5 jung6 zau2 sung3 joek6.
    You must not take medication along with alcohol.
    攞啲花生嚟送啤酒。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    𫽋啲花生嚟送啤酒。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    lo2 di1 faa1 sang1 lai4 sung3 be1 zau2.
    Get some peanuts to eat with beer.
    呢碟麻婆豆腐送飯一流。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢碟麻婆豆腐送饭一流。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ni1 dip6 maa4 po4 dau6 fu6 sung3 faan6 jat1 lau4.
    This mapo tofu goes great with rice.

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai 送
Kyūjitai
[1]
送󠄁
送+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
送󠄃
送+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

送

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. To send

Readings

  • Go-on: す (su)
  • Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
  • Kun: おくる (okuru, 送る, Jōyō)
  • Nanori: おく (oku)

References

  1. ^ “送”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

送 (eumhun 보낼 송 (bonael song))

  1. hanja form? of 송 (“to send”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
送

Han character

送: Hán Việt readings: tống
送: Nôm readings: tống

  1. chữ Hán form of tống (“to accompany; to send off”).
    • Lưu Bình Phú, sheet 5a
      妾 固 醝 花 沈 月，於 𦋦 𢚸 送 舊 迎 新。
      Thiếp có say hoa đắm nguyệt, ở ra lòng tống cựu nghinh tân.
      I do love beauty, in-and-out from my heart, off with the old and in with the new.
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