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宋

Reading

Kana: ソウ
Romaji: sou
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

dwell, Sung dynasty

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  40
Frequency:  2058
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-4
Korean Reading:  song
Chinese Reading:  song4
Unicode:  5b8b
JIS:  4157

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1285
New Nelson Index: 1313
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m4.1
Four Corner Index: 3090.4
Japanese Names Index: 468
Daikanwanjiten Index: 7078
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0930
Remembering the kanji Index: 2215
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1886
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2326
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2730

Words

宋 (そう)
Song (dynasty of China)
南宋 (なんそう)
Southern Song (dynasty of China)
宋学 (そうがく)
Song-period neo-Confucianism (based esp. on the teachings of Zhu Xi)
宋朝体 (そうちょうたい)
elegant left-leaning block typeface
北宋 (ほくそう)
Northern Song (dynasty of China)
宋詞 (そうし)
Song poetry
宋音 (そうおん)
T'ang reading of Chinese characters
宋朝 (そうちょう)
Sung Dynasty
唐宋音 (とうそうおん)
T'ang reading of Chinese characters
入宋 (にっそう)
journeying to Sung China during the Heian and Kamakura periods
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