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sōng

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sōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sōng | song1
English translation
high, lofty; one of the five peaks in Hunan

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About sōng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

sōng

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

A tall  Gāo mountain  Shān

Etymology of sōng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

山高

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Words with sōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
sōng lofty sōng
嵩山 Sōng Shān Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 Wǔ yuè [Wǔ​yuè]嵩山 Sōng Shān
龙嵩 lóng sōng tarragon龍嵩
皇甫嵩 Huáng fǔ Sōng Huangfu Song (-195), later Han general and warlord皇甫嵩 Huáng fǔ Sōng
嵩县 Sōng xiàn Song county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳 Luò yáng , Henan嵩縣
嵩明 Sōng míng Songming county in Kunming 昆明 Kūn míng [Kūn​míng], Yunnan嵩明 Sōng míng
嵩明县 Sōng míng xiàn Songming county in Kunming 昆明 Kūn míng [Kūn​míng], Yunnan嵩明縣

sōng Decomposition & Compounds

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