Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “song”
22 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
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First tone
sōng
3
Third tone
sǒng
4
Fourth tone
sòng
送
sòng
讼to see off, to send off, to dispatch
9 strokes · HSK 3.0 L2sòng
宋to accuse, to argue
6 strokessòng
诵the Song dynasty
7 strokessòng
颂to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud
9 strokessòng
訟to laud, to acclaim
10 strokessòng
頌to accuse, to argue
11 strokessòng
誦to laud, to acclaim
13 strokessòng
to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud
14 strokesSound in context
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