宋 (sòng): the Song dynasty (960–1279), Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋
宋 (sòng) is a Chinese character meaning “the song dynasty (960–1279).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 宀 (structural) and 木 (structural). It ranks #989 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 宋 a building 宀 made out of wood 木. Its radical form 宀 (roof) appears in many related characters such as 客 (kè, guest, customer), 家 (jiā, home, family), 它 (tā, it).
Definitions
- the Song dynasty (960–1279)
- Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA building 宀 made out of wood 木
Decomposition: ⿱宀木 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吕宋岛 | lǚ sòng dǎo | Luzon Island, north Philippines |
| 宋代proper-noun | sòng dài | Song dynasty (960-1279) |
| 宋朝proper-noun | sòng cháo | Song Dynasty (960-1279) |
| 北宋四大部书 | běi sòng sì dà bù shū | Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imper... |
| 宋四大书 | sòng sì dà shū | Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imper... |
| 宋四家 | sòng sì jiā | four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚, Mi Fu 米芾[... |
| 唐宋八大家 | táng sòng bā dà jiā | the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动, namel... |
| 宋干节proper-noun | sòng gān jié | Songkran (Thai New Year festival) |
| 刘宋时代 | liú sòng shí dài | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing |
| 两宋proper-noun | liǎng sòng | the Song dynasty (960-1279) |
| 宋体noun | sòng tǐ | Mincho |
| 宋白 | sòng bái | Song Bai (936-1012), Northern Song literary man |
| 南朝宋 | nán cháo sòng | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing |
| 宋武帝 | sòng wǔ dì | Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[L... |
| 宋书 | sòng shū | History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋 or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋, sixth of the 24 dynast... |
宋 appears in 39 compound words: 59 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 宋 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 宋.
Example Sentences
了解宋字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè sòng zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origins of the character "宋" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
宋高宗赐岳飞书信 让白先勇想起蒋中正
sòng gāo zōng cì yuè fēi shū xìn ràng bái xiān yǒng xiǎng qǐ 蒋 zhōng zhèng
Song Gaozong's letter to Yue Fei reminded Bai Xianyong of Jiang Zhongzheng
WBC/费仔返台随中华队练球! 宋晟睿补龙仔空缺
W B C fèi zǐ fǎn tái suí zhōng huá duì liàn qiú ! sòng 晟 睿 bǔ lóng zǐ kōng quē
WBC/Fei Zai returns to Taiwan to practice with the Chinese team! Song Shengrui fills the vacancy of Longzai
经典赛/中华队第30人由宋晟睿递补 曾豪驹感谢名单外球员
jīng diǎn sài zhōng huá duì dì 3 0 rén yóu sòng 晟 睿 dì bǔ céng háo 驹 gǎn xiè míng dān wài qiú yuán
The 30th man of the classic/Chinese team was replaced by Song Shengrui Zeng Haoju thanked the players off the list
经典赛/王贞治直击开轰拍手点头 宋晟睿连两天获关注超开心
jīng diǎn sài wáng zhēn zhì zhí jī kāi hōng pāi shǒu diǎn tóu sòng 晟 睿 lián liǎng tiān huò guān zhù chāo kāi xīn
Classic/Wang Zhenzhi directly hit the bombardment and clapped his hands and nodded, and Song Shengrui was super happy to receive attention for two days in a row
杭州一步行街被指写错北宋诗人名字,“晁冲之”写成“..
háng zhōu yī bù háng jiē bèi zhǐ xiě cuò běi sòng shī rén míng zì , 晁 chōng zhī xiě chéng . .
A pedestrian street in Hangzhou was accused of miswriting the name of a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, and "Chao Chongzhi" was written as ".
这两本都是宋本。
Zhè liǎng běn dōu shì Sòng běn.
Both of these are Song Dynasty block-printed editions.
Character Family
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