頌

See also: 颂

頌 U+980C, 頌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-980C ← 頋 [U+980B] CJK Unified Ideographs 頍 → [U+980D]

Translingual

Han character

頌 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 金戈一月金 (CIMBC), four-corner 8178₆, composition ⿰公頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1400, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43365
• Dae Jaweon: page 1917, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4362, character 3
• Unihan data for U+980C

Chinese

trad.		頌
simp.		颂
alternative forms		𩔜 訟／讼 “to laud”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (公) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
慃	*qroːŋʔ
袞	*kluːnʔ
蔉	*kluːnʔ
滾	*kluːnʔ
忩	*sʰloːŋ
鬆	*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ
凇	*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
公	*kloːŋ
蚣	*kloːŋ, *kljoŋ
翁	*qloːŋ
螉	*qloːŋ
蓊	*qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ
嗡	*qloːŋ
滃	*qloːŋʔ
暡	*qloːŋʔ
勜	*qloːŋʔ
塕	*qloːŋʔ
瓮	*qloːŋs
崧	*sqʰluŋ
菘	*sqʰluŋ
硹	*sqʰluŋ
淞	*sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
蜙	*sqʰloŋ
倯	*sqʰloŋ
松	*sɢloŋ
訟	*sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs
頌	*sɢloŋs, *loŋ
忪	*kljoŋ
彸	*kljoŋ
衳	*kljoŋ
伀	*kljoŋ
妐	*kljoŋ
炂	*kljoŋ
鈆	*kljoŋ, *lon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɢloŋs, *loŋ): phonetic 公 (OC *kloːŋ) + semantic 頁 (“head”) – appearance. Now written 容.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sòng (song⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): duung⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siung

  (Hailu, HRS): siung^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiung⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng⁵ / syoeng⁵ / sieng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siōng / siòng / chhēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): song⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵son; ⁶zon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sòng
    • Wade–Giles: sung⁴
    • Yale: sùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sonq
    • Palladius: сун (sun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung⁶
    • Yale: juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: duung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵŋ³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siung
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: siung^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /siuŋ³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕiʊŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /søyŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sē̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ¹¹/
  • (Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /θœŋ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ²¹/
  • (Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sieng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng
    • Tâi-lô: siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siong
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siòng
    • Tâi-lô: siòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhēng
    • Tâi-lô: tshīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³/

Note:

• siōng - literary;
• siòng - vernacular (俗).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: song⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŏng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵son; ⁶zon
    • MiniDict: son^去; zon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²son; ³zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soŋ³⁴/, /zoŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: zjowngH

Rime
Character	頌
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似用切
Baxter	zjowngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨoŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/zioŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/zioŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zuawŋH/
Li Rong	/zioŋH/
Wang Li	/zĭwoŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯woŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]oŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢloŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	頌
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sòng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjowngH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-[ɢ]oŋ-s/
English	praise
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頌
Reading #	1/2
No.	4118
Phonetic component	公
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	頌
Old Chinese	/*sɢloŋs/

Definitions

頌

1. to laud; to acclaim; to praise; to extol
2. ode; hymn; eulogy

Compounds

• 三一頌 / 三一颂 (sānyīsòng)
• 三聖頌 / 三圣颂
• 傳頌 / 传颂 (chuánsòng)
• 巴頌管 / 巴颂管
• 榮光頌 / 荣光颂
• 歌頌 / 歌颂 (gēsòng)
• 祝頌 / 祝颂 (zhùsòng)
• 稱頌 / 称颂 (chēngsòng)
• 讚頌 / 赞颂 (zànsòng)
• 賀頌 / 贺颂 (hèsòng)
• 贊頌 / 赞颂 (zànsòng)
• 頌平 / 颂平
• 頌揚 / 颂扬 (sòngyáng)
• 頌榮 / 颂荣
• 頌歌 / 颂歌 (sònggē)
• 頌詞 / 颂词 (sòngcí)
• 頌讚 / 颂赞 (sòngzàn)
• 頌贊 / 颂赞 (sòngzàn)
• 香頌 / 香颂 (xiāngsòng)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung⁴
    • Yale: yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yowng

Rime
Character	頌
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘封切
Baxter	yowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋ/
Li Rong	/ioŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)oŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	頌
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	róng
Middle Chinese	‹ yowng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)oŋ/
English	appearance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頌
Reading #	2/2
No.	4128
Phonetic component	公
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	容
Old Chinese	/*loŋ/

Definitions

頌

1. (alt. form 容) appearance; looks
2. (alt. form 容) to tolerate; to be lenient

Compounds

• 從頌 / 从颂
• 頌儀 / 颂仪 (róngyí)
• 頌皃 / 颂皃 (róngmào)
• 頌禮 / 颂礼
• 頌繫 / 颂系
• 頌言 / 颂言
• 頌貌 / 颂貌 (róngmào)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 頌 – see 穿 (“(Min) wear”). (This character is a variant form of 穿).

References

• “頌”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04547
• “頌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “颂”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 287.

Japanese

Shinjitai	頌
Kyūjitai	頌

Kanji

頌

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. eulogy

Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)、ず (zu)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: かたち (katachi)、たたえる (tataeru, 頌える)、ほめる (homeru, 頌る)
• Nanori: つぐ (tsugu)、のぶ (nobu)

Compounds

• 頌寿(しょうじゅ) (shōju): celebration of longevity

Etymology

Kanji in this term
頌
しょう Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Noun

頌(しょう) • (shō) 

1. eulogy

Korean

Hanja

頌 • (song, yong) (hangeul 송, 용, revised song, yong, McCune–Reischauer song, yong, Yale song, yong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

頌: Hán Nôm readings: tụng

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