Where 送 comes from
A person waving 关 to someone walking away 辶
How to write 送 (sòng, “to send”)
送 (sòng), an HSK 2 character, means “to send”, “to give” and “to see off”. It is HSK 2 in the 2025 syllabus, up from level 1 in the 2021 standard. It is a character whose parts combine into its meaning. On its own it is an HSK 2 word; it also forms 发送 (“to transmit”), 赠送 (“to present as a gift”) and 配送 (“to put together an order and deliver it”). Japanese reads it sou, “escort”, as a JLPT N4 kanji.
- Pinyin
- sòng
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 辶 (“walking”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
As a bottom-left wrap character it splits into 辶 (“walking”, the radical), strokes 7–9; 关 (“mountain pass”), strokes 1–6, written the inside first.
- Dot ㇔topdown and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top rightdown and right → down and left
- Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdown and left
- Dot ㇔rightdown and right
- Dot ㇔top leftdown and right
- Horizontal, turn, turn, left-falling ㇋leftrightwards → downwards
- Right-falling stroke ㇏bottom leftrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 9 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| sòng fourth tone | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with | — | 发送 赠送 配送 运送 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 96 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 送
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 送 | sòng | to send; to deliver HSK 2 |
| 发送 發送 | fāsòng | to transmit; to dispatch HSK 4 |
| 赠送 贈送 | zèngsòng | to present as a gift HSK 5 |
| 配送 | pèisòng | to put together an order and deliver it; to deliver (goods) HSK 5 |
| 运送 運送 | yùnsòng | to transport; to carry HSK 6 |
| 输送 輸送 | shūsòng | to transport; to convey HSK 6 |
| 送别 送別 | sòngbié | to see sb off; to bid farewell (to sb) HSK 7-9 |
| 送行 | sòngxíng | to see someone off; to throw someone a send-off party HSK 7-9 |
| 不送 | bùsòng | don't bother to see me out |
| 分送 | fēnsòng | to send; to distribute |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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