Chinese Character 宋 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

宋 meaning^[3] in English

Surname Song.

The Song Dynasty (960-1279).

Also Song Of The Southern Dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479).

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 宋 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , and surname Mu (木)

Its radical^[1] is: 宀 (mian2) which means: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc, See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4], .宀mian2'roof' radical …

In cangjie it is written with JD

How to write 宋

To write宋song4surname Song you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 木mu4surname Mu arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 木 = 宋

宋 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 宋 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 宋, looks as follow: