诵 (sòng) · to recite; to read aloud

Meanings

1 to recite; to read aloud
2 to chant

Characters

诵

sòng

to recite; to read aloud

Examples

HSK 4

他能背诵整篇课文。

Tā néng bèisòng zhěng piān kèwén.

He can recite the whole text from memory.

HSK 5

学生们每天早上朗诵一首唐诗。

Xuéshengmen měitiān zǎoshang lǎngsòng yì shǒu Tángshī.

Students recite a Tang poem aloud every morning.

Tips

usage

诵 is reading aloud. 朗诵 is expressive recitation (often performance); 背诵 is reciting from memory.

Components

radical

讠 yán

speech; words

讠 is the speech radical 言 in its left-side form, marking 诵 as an act done with the voice: speaking words aloud.

phonetic

甬 yǒng

a path; flagon

甬 supplies the sound element (drifted from yǒng to sòng) and contributes no meaning here, working as the phonetic part.

Stroke Order

诵 sòng

Related Words

诵读 sòngdú #20,761

to read aloud / to recite / to chant

念诵 niànsòng #48,160

to chant (sutras, mantras) / to recite aloud / to keep mentioning (someone one misses)

诵经 sòngjīng #49,152

to chant sutras / to recite scripture

吟诵 yínsòng #40,020

to chant (poetry) / to recite rhythmically

朗诵 lǎngsòng HSK 7-9 #18,935

to recite / to read aloud with expression

告诵 gàosòng

to tell / to inform

背诵 bèisòng HSK 7-9 #16,538

to recite from memory / to repeat from memory

传诵 chuánsòng #57,579

to be widely recited / to be passed on from mouth to mouth

念 niàn HSK 5 #2,008

to read aloud; to recite / to miss; to think of / to study (at a school)

读 dú HSK 1 #686

to read / to read aloud / to study (a subject); to attend (school) / to pronounce