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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Song

  • 松pine tree
  • 宋the Song dynasty; a surname
  • 嵩high, lofty (of a mountain)
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
S
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin), Teochew
Character options
4
  • Chinese characters松宋嵩頌
2

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Song in their name

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Song is a Mandarin, Teochew or Hokkien spelling of characters such as 松 'pine tree', 嵩 'lofty' and 頌 'to praise'.

Possible characters for Song

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin), Teochew and Hokkien romanization.

  • 松

    pine tree

    Mandarin sōng / Teochew song5

    attested

  • 宋

    the Song dynasty; a surname

    Mandarin sòng / Hokkien sòng / Teochew song3

  • 嵩

    high, lofty (of a mountain)

    Mandarin sōng / Teochew song1

  • 頌

    to praise; ode, hymn

    Mandarin sòng / Teochew song6

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Song

Song spells Mandarin sōng or sòng and Teochew song; in Hokkien it fits 宋 (sòng). The character 松 'pine tree' is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The same spelling also fits 嵩 'lofty' and 頌 'to praise'. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationMandarin (pinyin), Teochew, Hokkien

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Song

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 松 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 宋 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 嵩 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 頌 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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