宋

Translingual

Han character

宋 (radical 40 宀+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十木 (JD), X十木 (XJD), four-corner 3090₄, composition ⿱宀木)

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

1. A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan
2. A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China
3. The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned
4. A surname, listed 118th in the Baijiaxing
5. A former duchy and kingdom in China, occupying an area southeast of the Yellow River during the Warring States period
6. A Chinese constellation, considered a part of the Left Wall of the Heavenly Market Enclosure

Synonyms

Chinese dynasty and empire

• 宋朝

Chinese kingdom

• 宋国, 宋國

References

• KangXi: page 282, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7078
• Dae Jaweon: page 554, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 915, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5B8B

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		宋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sòng, Sòng (song⁴, Song⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ, ㄙㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sung³
• Min Nan (POJ): sòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: sung⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sonq
    • IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Sòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: sung⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sonq
    • IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sung³
    • Yale: sung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung³
    • IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòng
    • Tâi-lô: sòng
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (宋, reconstructed)
Character (宋), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 冬 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 蘇統切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/suoŋH/	/suoŋH/	/soŋH/	/suoŋH/	/sawŋH/	/suoŋH/	/soŋH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (宋, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
宋								sòng								‹ sowngH ›								/*[s]ˤuŋ-s/								(place name)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
宋					12061					宋					終					0					宋					/*sluːŋs/					疑林省聲

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Japanese

Kanji

宋

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: すまい (sumai), おる (oru)

Proper noun

宋 (hiragana そう, romaji Sō)

1. Song (former Chinese dynasty)

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Korean

Hanja

宋 (song) (hangeul 송, revised song, McCune-Reischauer song)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宋 (tống)

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