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松 — 8 strokes / Radical「木」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 8 strokes / Radical「木」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
まつmatsu
Meaning
pine tree

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A phono-semantic character: 木 (tree) plus 公 as the sound part; means the evergreen 'pine'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō松竹梅まつたけうめ白砂青松はくしゃせいしょう
Kunまつmatsu松まつ松原まつばら門松かどまつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 松林まつばやし

    pine grove

  • 門松かどまつ

    New Year pine decoration

More words with this kanji

  • 松葉杖まつばづえ
  • 椴松とどまつ
  • 松茸まつたけ
  • 杜松ねず
  • 松籟しょうらい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)にたくさんの松(まつ)がある。

There are many pine trees on the mountain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

松林門松松林woods門gate末end札tag未not ye…束bundle材materi…井well省reflec…笑laugh唱sing清pure
CompoundRadicalReading

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