Japanese symbol for “sung”
宋
そう
Romaji: sou
Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty
In Japanese, sung is 宋, read そう (sou).
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Meanings
- n Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty
- n Liu Song dynasty (of China; 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty
- n Song (ancient Chinese state; 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宋朝 | そうちょう souchou | Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty |
| 南宋 | なんそう nansou | Southern Song dynasty (of China; 1127-1279) |
| 宋詞 | そうし soushi | Song poetry |
| 宋音 | そうおん souon | sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism) |
| 唐宋音 | とうそうおん tousouon | tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese |
| 宋学 | そうがく sougaku | Song-dynasty neo-Confucianism (esp. the teachings of Zhu Xi) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.