sòng
Song dynasty
Original meaning:
dwelling
Depicts a building (宀) made of wood (木). Based on the original meaning "dwelling". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 宋
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
surname Song | ||
James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党 | ||
Song dynasty (960-1279) | ||
the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) | ||
Song Dynasty (960-1279) |
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