宋

surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)

宋 = 宀 + 木 : Susan Saint Bernard and Mr. Song are celebrating Christmas in the engine's bathroom. They're presenting their big hats and their even bigger butts.

宋 character breakdown

宋
- 宀
  - 丶
  - 冖
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

宀

mián = mi + an2

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

宀 = 丶 + 冖 : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).

Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

Characters with 宋 as component

策

筞

cè = c + e4

variant of 策[ce4]

策 = ⺮ + 朿 : The King of Chu heard that someone plans to assassinate him, so he hides in the elevator's bathroom. To be safer he walks on very long bamboo sticks which he uses as stilts and, in turn, has always his stabbing dagger ready.

Words with 宋

吕

呂

lǚ

宋

sòng

岛

島

dǎo

Luzon Island, north Philippines

吕

呂

lǚ

宋

sòng

海

hǎi

峡

峽

xiá

Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)

唐

táng

宋

sòng

the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties

唐

táng

宋

sòng

八

ba̅

大

dà

家

jia̅

Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1 yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1], the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1 shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]

宋

sòng

任

rèn

穷

窮

qióng

Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army

宋

sòng

史

shǐ

History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 496 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书[Song4 shu1])

宋

sòng

四

sì

大

dà

书

書

shu̅

Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华

宋

sòng

四

sì

家

jia̅

four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4], Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚[Huang2 Ting2 jian1], Mi Fu 米芾[Mi3 Fu2] and Cai Xiang 蔡襄[Cai4 Xiang1]

宋

sòng

太

tài

祖

zǔ

Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960

宋

sòng

干

ga̅n

节