松

Translingual

Alternative forms

• See also 鬆 (different characters in Traditional Chinese and Japanese)
• Other forms: 枩, 柗, 梥, 枀

Etymology

木 + the sound 公 (leaking out). Simplified Chinese uses it to replace 鬆.

Han character

松 (radical 75 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木金戈 (DCI), four-corner 4893₂, composition ⿰木公)

1. pine tree
2. fir tree
3. A surname, listed 216th in the Baijiaxing

References

• KangXi: page 514, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14516
• Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1173, character 5
• Unihan data for U+677E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

松 (traditional 鬆, Jyutping cung4, Yale chung4)

The pronunciation changed if used as 鬆.

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Japanese

Kanji

松

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: まつ (matsu)

Compounds

• 松明 (たいまつ, taimatsu)

Noun

松 (hiragana まつ, romaji matsu)

1. a pine branch decorated for the celebration of New Year
2. the highest rank of a 3-tier ranking system

Coordinate terms

• 竹 (たけ, take, “the middle rank”)
• 梅 (うめ, ume, “the lowest rank”)

Proper noun

松 (hiragana まつ, romaji Matsu)

1. A surname​.

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Korean

Hanja

松 (song) (hangeul 송, revised song, McCune-Reischauer song, Yale song)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

松 (traditional 鬆, Pinyin sōng (song1), Sōng (Song1), Wade-Giles sung¹, Sung¹)

Compounds

• 松花
• 松球
• 松仁, 松仁儿
• 松鼠, 松鼠儿
• 松树
• 松涛
• 松烟
• 松针
• 松脂
• 松绑
• 松弛
• 松脆
• 松动
• 松紧带, 松紧带儿
• 松劲, 松劲儿
• 松开
• 松快
• 松气
• 松软
• 松散
• 松手
• 松松垮垮, 松松垮垮的

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Middle Chinese

Han character

松 (*ziong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

松 (tùng, thông, tòng)