sòng

recite

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

甬 sound component

  Sound component

yǒngtǒng

  

path

Evolution

诵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
诵 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
诵 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
诵 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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sòng

recite, chant, repeat; to read aloud; to recite

Most common words with 诵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

朗诵

to recite

背诵

to recite

to recite

诵读

to read aloud

吟诵

to read aloud