sōng

common
name

Meaning of

嵩 means (of a mountain) lofty and high; towering; high; tall. Pronounced sōng.

  • (of a mountain) lofty and high; towering
  • high; tall
  • Song (a surname)

Character Info

Radical
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Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

 
Shī
jīng
 ·
 ·
Sōng
gāo
 
 
 
Sōng
gāo
wéi
yuè
 
jùn
tiān
 
 

From the Shijing, Daya, Song Gao: 'Lofty and high is the peak, reaching to the utmost limit of heaven.'

rén
xíng
róng
shān
sōng
 
cháng
jùn
tiān
wèi
 

The ancients described mountains as lofty, often using the metaphor that they reach to the utmost limit of heaven.