(sōng)

13 strokes

Mt Song in Henan

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Character information

Pinyin
sōng
Meaning
Mt Song in Henan
Strokes
13
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱山高

A tall 高 mountain 山

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

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sōngshān

Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 y…

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sōngmíng

Songming county in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan

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sōngxiàn

Song County or Songxian, a county in Luoyang City 洛阳市,…

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Songming, a county in Kunming City 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4], Yunnan

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Huangfu Song (-195), later Han general and warlord

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