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北宋 (Běi Sòng): meaning and stroke order

北宋 (Běi Sòng) means the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).

北宋

Simplified
北宋
Traditional
北宋 (same form)
Pinyin
Běi Sòng

Stroke order of 北宋

北

  • běi north; (classical) to be defeated
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

宋

  • Sòng surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279)
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 北宋

  1. Běi Sòng
    • the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

Radicals of the characters

北
Radical 匕 (Kangxi radical 21) · 5 strokes
宋
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 7 strokes · 宀 on top, 木 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

北宋 in our stories

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  • 北宋的时候，定远县住着一个卖草鞋的老人，叫张别古。

    Běi Sòng de shíhou Dìngyuǎn Xiàn zhù zhe yí gè mài cǎoxié de lǎorén jiào Zhāng Biégǔ

    In the Northern Song dynasty, in Dingyuan county, there lived an old man who sold straw sandals, called Zhang Biegu.

    From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 北宋的时候，大文学家苏轼因为写诗讽刺朝廷的新法，被人告发，关进了监狱。

    Běi Sòng de shíhou dà wénxuéjiā Sū Shì yīnwèi xiě shī fěngcì cháotíng de xīnfǎ bèi rén gàofā guān jìn le jiānyù

    In the Northern Song the great writer Su Shi was denounced for writing poems that mocked the court's new laws, and was thrown into prison.

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 北宋

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).