宋 (sung3 | song4) : Song dynasty

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

宋

sung3

song4

[1] Song dynasty (AD 960-1279)
[2] a state in the Warring States period; one of the Southern dynasties, AD 420-479
[3] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

宋

This word has been viewed 5079 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

Output this character as a high resolution image

羅宋湯 lo4 sung3 tong1 luo2 song4 tang1 = borscht

唐宋 tong4 sung3 tang2 song4 = the Tang and Song dynasties

宋體 sung3 tai2 song4 ti3 = Ming (typeface)

宋媽 sung3 maa1 = all 粵

羅宋湯 lo4 sung3 tong1 luo2 song4 tang1 = borscht

北宋 bak1 sung3 bei3 song4 = the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

宋朝 sung3 ciu4 = Song Dynasty

宋王台 sung3 wong4 toi4 = Song Wang Tai, platform for the Emperor of Song near Kowloon City

宋學 sung3 hok6 = the Song Dynasty School of Neo-Confucianism

宋新妮 sung3 san1 nei4 song4 xin1 ni1 = Jessica Song
See all 12 compounds

Legend
國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1759/]宋[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1759/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">宋</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 宋
Unicode code for this character: U+5b8b (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum