召南

Shàonán
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Shaonan, the second section of the Airs of the States in the Book of Songs

Examples

HSK 7-9
《 Shījīng · Shàonán 》 lǐ yǒu shísì shǒu shī.
The Shaonan section of the Book of Songs holds fourteen poems.

Tips

usage
召 is read shào here, not zhào. It names the lands of the 召公 Duke of Shao, who shared the rule of the early Zhou with the Duke of Zhou; the poem 甘棠 'The Sweet Pear Tree' remembers him hearing cases under a pear tree. With 周南 it opens the 国风, the folk-song part of the 诗经.

Stroke Order

召 zhào
南 nán