宋
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surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 宀 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 宋
- Common rank
- #1,719
- Unicode
- U+5B8B
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
Song · Heisig RSH #1572
house + 木 tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 宋
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 北宋四大部书 | Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping… | |
| 宋四大书 | Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping… | |
| 唐宋八大家 | the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[… | |
| 宋四家 | four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4], Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚[Hua… | |
| 南朝宋 | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing; also known as Liu Song … | |
| 宋干节 | Songkran (Thai New Year festival) | |
| 宋教仁 | Song Jiaoren (1882-1913), politician of the revolutionary party involved in the 1911 Xinha… | |
| 罗宋汤 | borscht, a traditional beetroot soup | |
| 宋白 | Song Bai (936-1012), Northern Song literary man | |
| 宋体 | Mincho; Song font | |
| 刘宋时代 | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing | |
| 南宋 | the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) | |
| 罗宋 | (dialect) Russia | |
| 宋江 | Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传 | |
| 宋书 | History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Son… | |
| 宋太祖 | Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤… | |
| 北宋 | the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) | |
| 宋武帝 | Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕[Liu2 Yu4], founder of Song of the… | |
| 宋代 | Song dynasty (960-1279) | |
| 杰瑞·宋飞 | Jerry Seinfeld |
Examples & usage
Real sentences with 宋 — read them aloud, then paste your own into the converter.
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他姓宋。
Tā xìng Sòng.
His family name is Song.
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宋朝的瓷器很有名。
Sòngcháo de cíqì hěn yǒumíng.
Porcelain from the Song dynasty is very famous.
Usage tip: 宋 主要作姓氏和朝代名（宋朝），不是日常名词。