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Kanji Detail for 頌 - "praise, eulogy, hymn"
頌
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Meaning
頌 means "praise, eulogy, hymn."
Praise - To commend; to extol.
Hymn - A song of praise.
Eulogy - A tribute; an ode.
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Tattoo check: 頌
- Verified meaning: praise, eulogy, hymn
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read しょう, しょうじ, す, たたう)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 頌
Given names 頌(しょう)
頌(たたう)
Surnames 頌(しょうじ)
頌(す)
頌(ほめる)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
eulogy
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
laud, acclaim; hymn; ode
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
ode; eulogy; to praise in writing; to wish (in letters)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to laud, to acclaim; ode, hymn
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Words of praise. As in 歌功頌德 (sing praises of achievements and virtue). The Book of Odes has Zhou Song, Lu Song, and Shang Song. All are poems praising achievements and virtue. Later writings praising achievements and virtue are also called 頌.
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Related Keywords
More kanji with the radical 頁 (ogai・ichinokai)
- 頁 page
- 頂 summit, to receive, top
- 頃 about, time, recently
- 項 nape, item, term
- 順 order, to obey
- 須 to require
- 預 to deposit, to entrust
- 頑 stubborn, persistent, sturdy
- 頒 distribute, divide
- 頓 suddenly
- 頗 prejudiced, exceedingly
- 領 territory
- 頭 head, top, leader
- 頰 cheek, face
- 頼 to rely, to ask, reliance
- 頻 frequent, repeatedly
- 題 title, topic, problem
- 額 forehead, amount, frame
- 顎 jaw, chin
- 顔 face, expression
- 顕 manifest, to reveal
- 類 kind, similar
- 願 wish, request, to pray
- 顚 summit, peak
- 類 kind