Dong Chinese dictionary

sòng

laud

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 公 represents the sound. Simplified form of 頌.

Components

页 Meaning component

yè, xié

page

公 Sound component

gōng

public

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

sòng

laud, acclaim; hymn; ode; eulogy; to praise in writing; to wish (in letters)

Most common words with 颂

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