宋 — kanji meaning “dwell”
宋
dwell, Sung dynasty
- Meanings
- dwell, Sung dynasty
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2058 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 40
- Chinese reading
- sòng — Chinese character page
Words with 宋
| 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) |
| 北宋 | ほくそう hokusou | Northern Song dynasty (of China; 960-1127) |
| 入宋 | にっそう nissou | journeying to Song China during the Heian and Kamakura periods |
| 宋朝体 | そうちょうたい souchoutai | elegant left-leaning block typeface |
| 宋代 | そうだい soudai | Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty |
| 宋明理学 | そうみんりがく souminrigaku | neo-Confucianism (developed in the Song and Ming dynasties); Song-Ming neo-Confucianism |
| 宋儒 | そうじゅ souju | Song dynasty Confucian scholars |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.