松 — kanji meaning “pine tree”
松
pine tree
- Meanings
- pine tree
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- まつ
- Name readings
- おお、しょ、ま、まっ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #471 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- sōng — Chinese character page
Words with 松
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赤松 | あかまつ akamatsu | Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine |
| 松林 | まつばやし matsubayashi | pine forest |
| 浜松 | はままつ hamamatsu | Hamamatsu (city) |
| 門松 | かどまつ kadomatsu | New Year's pine decoration |
| 松明 | たいまつ taimatsu | torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight |
| 松風 | まつかぜ matsukaze | (sound of) wind blowing through pine trees |
| 松山 | まつやま matsuyama | Matsuyama (city in Ehime) |
| 高松 | たかまつ takamatsu | Takamatsu (city in Kagawa) |
| 小松 | こまつ komatsu | small pine; young pine |
| 松原 | まつばら matsubara | pine grove |
| 黒松 | くろまつ kuromatsu | black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine |
| 松江 | まつえ matsue | Matsue (city in Shimane) |
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