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宋
Mandarin · pinyin Sòng
Meanings
- surname Song
- the Song dynasty (960–1279)
- Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋 Nán cháo Sòng
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- 宋
- sòng · Song dynasty; surname
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Mandarin tones
4 · Song4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sung3
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (～朝) Song dynasty of China (960–1279), reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan
- Song or Liu Song (420–479), the first of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period
- a surname, listed 118th in the Baijiaxing
- (～國) Song, a state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China
- A Chinese constellation, considered a part of the Left Wall of the Heavenly Market Enclosure
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