嵩 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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sōng

high

A tall 高 mountain 山

Components

山 Meaning component

shān

mountain

高 Meaning component

gāo

high

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sōng

high, lofty; one of the 5 peaks, situated in Hunan; lofty; Mt Song in Henan

Most common words with 嵩

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	嵩	lofty
	嵩山	Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wǔyuè]
	龙嵩	tarragon
	皇甫嵩	Huangfu Song (-195), later Han general and warlord
	嵩县	Song county in Luoyang 洛陽\|洛阳, Henan

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[s]uŋ	sjuwng	sōng	high

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3401st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	13
Unicode	U+5D69
Shuowen	《說文新附》：“嵩，中岳，嵩高山也。从山，从高，亦从松。韋昭《國語》注云：‘古通用崇字。’”

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