宋武帝

Traditional form:

宋武帝

Pinyin (reading):

Sòng Wǔdì

Definitions:

• Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕／刘裕 ( Liú Yù), founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋／刘宋 ( Liú Sòng), broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422

Characters:

• 宋 - the Song dynasty; surname
• 武 - military; martial, warlike
• 帝 - supreme ruler, emperor; god

Traditional characters:

• 宋 - the Song dynasty; surname
• 武 - military; martial, warlike
• 帝 - supreme ruler, emperor; god