宋

Meaning

宋 centers on dwelling or residing in a place. The Sung dynasty name is a historical application of this idea, referring to the ruling house that dwelled in power.

• 宋そう

  Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty

• 呂宋ルソン

  Luzon (Philippines)

• 入宋にっそう

  journeying to Song China during the Heian and Kamakura periods

• 北宋ほくそう

  Northern Song dynasty (of China; 960-1127)

• 南宋なんそう

  Southern Song dynasty (of China; 1127-1279)

• 唐宋音とうそうおん

  tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese

• 宋代そうだい

  Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty

• 宋儒そうじゅ

  Song dynasty Confucian scholars

• 宋史そうし

  Songshi; History of Song (one of the official Twenty-Four Histories of China)

• 宋学そうがく

  Song-dynasty neo-Confucianism (esp. the teachings of Zhu Xi)

• 宋明理学そうみんりがく

  neo-Confucianism (developed in the Song and Ming dynasties); Song-Ming neo-Confucianism

• 宋朝そうちょう

  Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty

• 宋朝体そうちょうたい

  elegant left-leaning block typeface

• 宋詞そうし

  Song poetry

• 宋銭そうせん

  Song dynasty copper coin

• 宋音そうおん

  sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism)

• 渡宋とそん

  going to Song dynasty China

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