磉

磉 · sǎng

the stone base or plinth of a pillar

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
sǎng
Cantonese
song2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

the stone base or plinth of a pillar

Dictionary definitions & readings

磉 sǎng · stone plinth

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42450.070:sǎng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0987.030:sǎng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
320.130:sǎng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
sǎng粵song2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ソウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
蘇朗 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MREED Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1769.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0834.250 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
313.42 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+78C9
Radical
石 · 112
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7763

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

15 strokes
磉
Strokes
15
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

15 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
sangX · 蘇朗 · 宕開一上唐心 · #1833

PHONO-ML, source line 11713; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
973.206
kDaeJaweon
1251.220
kHanYu
42450.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1251.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42450.070
kIRGKangXi
0834.250
kKangXi
0834.250
kMatthews
5427
kMeyerWempe
2851a
kMorohashi
24393
kSBGY
313.42
kSMSZD2003Index
474.11
kCangjie
MREED
kFourCornerCode
1769.4
kMojiJoho
MJ018619
kPhonetic
1232
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6D5F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E6CA
kIRG_JSource
J1-5026
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-607D
kIRG_KSource
K2-4D38
kIRG_TSource
T2-5252
kIRG_VSource
V2-7E72
kRSUnicode
112.10
kTotalStrokes
15
kBigFive
E6CA
kCCCII
226556
kCNS1986
2-5252
kCNS1992
2-5252
kEACC
226556
kGB0
7763
kGB1
7763
kJis1
4806
kMainlandTelegraph
4327
kTGH
2013:7763
kTaiwanTelegraph
4327
kXerox
312:335
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19609+112.5.10
kCantonese
song2
kDefinition
the stone base or plinth of a pillar
kFanqie
蘇朗
kHanyuPinyin
42450.070:sǎng
kJapanese
ソウ
kJapaneseKun
ISHIZUE
kJapaneseOn
SOU
kMandarin
sǎng
kSMSZD2003Readings
sǎng粵song2
kTGHZ2013
320.130:sǎng
kXHC1983
0987.030:sǎng

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Structure & connections

0.10
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Shape description
石 beside 桑 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰石桑$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰石桑$(GHTJKPV)

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