sòng

laud

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
頁 meaning component

  Meaning component

xié

  

(head), page

公 sound component

  Sound component

gōng

  

public

Evolution

頌 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
頌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
頌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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sòng

laud, acclaim; hymn; ode; eulogy; to praise in writing; to wish (in letters)

Most common words with 頌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

ode

歌颂

to extol

颂歌

carol

赞颂

to bless

颂扬

to eulogize