sòng
recite
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 誦
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to recite | ||
to recite | ||
to recite | ||
to read aloud | ||
to read aloud |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*sə-[l]oŋ-s | zjowngH | sòng | recite |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.8100% of movies
3027th most common character in movies
2557th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8AA6 |
Shuowen | “誦，諷也。从言，甬聲。” |
Sources
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