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sòng

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sòng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sòng | song4
English translation
to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud

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About sòng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

sòng

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of sòng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言甬

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

yǒng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and yǒng represents the sound. Simplified form of sòng .

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Words with sòng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
朗诵 lǎng sòng to recite朗誦
背诵 bèisòng to recite背誦
sòng to recite sòng
诵读 sòng dú to read aloud誦讀
吟诵 yín sòng to read aloud吟誦
诵经 sòng jīng to chant the sutras誦經
传诵 chuán sòng widely known傳誦
念诵 niàn sòng to read out念誦
李诵 Lǐ Sòng Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 順宗|顺宗[Shùn​zōng] (761-806), reigned 805-806李誦

sòng Decomposition & Compounds

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