宋
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Translingual
Han character
宋 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十木 (JD) or X十木 (XJD), four-corner 30904, composition ⿱宀木)
Derived characters
- 俕 𡜻 㧲 浨 䊉 𠒥 䫅 筞 㨲
References
- KangXi: 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
simp. and trad. | 宋 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 宋 | ||||||
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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 |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (宋) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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浨 | *ruːmʔ |
俕 | *sluːms |
宋 | *sluːŋs |
Pronunciation
Definitions
宋
- (~朝) Song dynasty of China (960–1279), reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan
- Song or Liu Song (420–479), the first of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period
- 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)
- (~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.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Sòng rén yǒu shàn wéi bù jūnshǒu zhī yào zhě, shìshì yǐ píngpìkuàng wéi shì. [Pinyin]
- 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.
宋人有善为不龟手之药者,世世以洴澼𬘢为事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- A Chinese constellation, considered a part of the Left Wall of the Heavenly Market Enclosure
See also
Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history | |||||
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Name | Time period | Divisions | |||
Xia 夏 (~朝, ~代) | 2070 – 1600 BCE | ||||
Shang 商 (~朝, ~代) 殷 (~朝, ~代) | 1600 – 1046 BCE | ||||
Zhou 周 (~朝, ~代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Western Zhou 西周 | |||
Eastern Zhou 東周/东周 | Spring and Autumn period 春秋 | ||||
Warring States period 戰國/战国 | |||||
Qin 秦 (~朝, ~代) | 221 – 206 BCE | ||||
Han 漢/汉 (~朝, ~代) | 206 BCE – 220 C.E. | Western Han 西漢/西汉 | |||
Xin 新 (~朝) | |||||
Eastern Han 東漢/东汉 | |||||
Three Kingdoms 三國/三国 | 220 – 280 C.E. | Wei 魏 | |||
Shu Han 蜀漢/蜀汉 | |||||
Wu 吳/吴 | |||||
Jin 晉/晋 (~朝, ~代) | 265 – 420 C.E. | Western Jin 西晉/西晋 | |||
Eastern Jin 東晉/东晋 | |||||
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Wei 北魏 | ||
Western Wei 西魏 | |||||
Eastern Wei 東魏/东魏 | |||||
Northern Zhou 北周 | |||||
Northern Qi 北齊/北齐 | |||||
Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liu Song 劉宋/刘宋 | ||||
Southern Qi 南齊/南齐 | |||||
Liang 梁 (~朝, ~代) | |||||
Chen 陳/陈 (~朝, ~代) | |||||
Sui 隋 (~朝, ~代) | 581 – 618 C.E. | ||||
Tang 唐 (~朝, ~代) | 618 – 907 C.E. | ||||
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國/五代十国 | 907 – 960 C.E. | ||||
Liao 遼/辽 (~朝, ~代) | 907 – 1125 C.E. | ||||
Song 宋 (~朝, ~代) | 960 – 1279 C.E. | Northern Song 北宋 | |||
Southern Song 南宋 | |||||
Western Xia 西夏 | 1038 – 1227 C.E. | ||||
Jin 金 (~朝, ~代) | 1115 – 1234 C.E. | ||||
Western Liao 西遼/西辽 | 1124 – 1218 C.E. | ||||
Yuan 元 (~朝, ~代) | 1271 – 1368 C.E. | ||||
Ming 明 (~朝, ~代) | 1368 – 1644 C.E. | ||||
Qing 清 (~朝, ~代) | 1636 – 1912 C.E. | ||||
Republic of China 民國/民国 | 1912 C.E. – present | ||||
People's Republic of China 人民共和國/人民共和国 | 1949 C.E. – present |
Descendants
- → English: Song, Sung, Soong
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
宋
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- 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
Compounds
- 屈宋 (Kussō)
- 呂宋 (Ruson, “Luzon”)
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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宋 |
そう Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 宋 (MC suoŋH). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- IPA(key): [so̞ː]
Proper noun
宋 • (Sō)
- Song (former Chinese dynasty):
- name of the state during the Zhou dynasty (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- the 劉宋 (Ryūsō), around 420-479
- the 北宋 (Hokusō, “Northern Song”) and 南宋 (Nansō, “Southern Song”) dynasties, spanning around 960-1279
- a surname
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 宋音 (Sō-on)
- 宋学 (Sō-gaku)
- 宋詞 (Sō-shi)
- 宋朝 (Sō-chō)
- 入宋 (nyū-Sō)
Korean
Hanja
宋 (eum 송 (song))
- referring to the Song Dynasty (宋朝)
- A surname
Vietnamese
Han character
宋: Hán Nôm readings: tống
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