Read Edit View history 宋 Sòng Song dynasty Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a building (宀) made of wood (木). Based on the original meaning "dwelling". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas sòng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 宋 Simp strokes 宋 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 宋 Simp strokes 宋 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 宋 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 443, 810 ], [ 516, 766 ], [ 545, 724 ] ], [ [ 268, 660 ], [ 278, 629 ], [ 275, 615 ], [ 230, 523 ], [ 223, 475 ] ], [ [ 309, 627 ], [ 319, 618 ], [ 334, 617 ], [ 600, 666 ], [ 727, 681 ], [ 755, 674 ], [ 780, 652 ], [ 785, 638 ], [ 698, 553 ] ], [ [ 279, 380 ], [ 332, 371 ], [ 650, 429 ], [ 699, 433 ], [ 739, 426 ] ], [ [ 471, 567 ], [ 497, 546 ], [ 517, 518 ], [ 511, 171 ], [ 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728 413 Q 738 412 749 424 Q 750 437 726 448 Q 692 469 598 443 Q 568 436 540 428 L 487 417 Q 435 408 388 402 Q 339 398 285 390 Q 254 386 278 368 Q 311 340 342 348 Q 394 360 455 370 L 538 385 Z", "M 540 428 Q 541 474 552 507 Q 559 522 557 534 Q 551 543 500 573 Q 479 589 460 574 Q 456 570 461 556 Q 483 523 485 489 Q 486 455 487 417 L 488 326 Q 488 149 474 87 Q 456 57 486 -12 Q 493 -28 500 -31 Q 506 -37 512 -30 Q 519 -26 528 -6 Q 537 16 536 45 Q 535 76 537 348 L 538 385 L 540 428 Z", "M 455 370 Q 407 243 178 88 Q 162 75 177 74 Q 187 73 226 88 Q 281 109 331 148 Q 374 182 425 239 Q 465 285 488 326 C 523 386 473 413 455 370 Z", "M 537 348 Q 619 230 726 102 Q 745 81 777 83 Q 886 87 921 93 Q 931 96 932 101 Q 933 107 918 114 Q 782 166 727 207 Q 643 277 544 379 Q 541 383 538 385 C 517 406 520 373 537 348 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 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