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宋

宋 U+5B8B, 宋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B8B
← 宊
[U+5B8A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 完 →
[U+5B8C]

Translingual

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Han character

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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

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References

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  • 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

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simp. and trad.
 宋

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (宋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
浨 *ruːmʔ
俕 *sluːms
宋 *sluːŋs
 
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Pronunciation

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Note:
  • sang4 - vernacular (incl. surname in Putian);
  • sorng4 - literary (incl. surname in Xianyou and part of Putian).
Note:
  • sàng - vernacular;
  • sòng - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 宋
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 /suəŋ¹¹/
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/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /souŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /sɔŋ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /soŋ²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /soŋ³⁵/
/taŋ³⁵/
Rime
Character 宋
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 冬 (5)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇統切
Baxter sowngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/suoŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/suoŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/soŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sawŋH/
Li
Rong 		/soŋH/
Wang
Li 		/suoŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/suoŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sung3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宋
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sòng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sowngH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[s]ˁuŋ-s/
English (place name)

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 宋
Reading # 1/1
No. 12061
Phonetic
component 		宋
Rime
group 		終
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		宋
Old
Chinese 		/*sluːŋs/
Notes 疑林省聲

Definitions

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

See also

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Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
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.

Descendants

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  • → English: Song, Sung, Soong

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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宋

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. Song (Chinese dynasty)

Readings

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(Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)

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

Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
宋
そう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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Derived terms

Korean

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Hanja

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宋 (eum 송 (song))

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

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Han character

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宋: Hán Nôm readings: tống

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