松 — song

Parts that make up 松

How 松 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 松 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 公.

Korean example words with 松

• 창송蒼松 Korean gloss: 푸른 소나무
• 취송翠松 Korean gloss: 짙푸른 소나무
• 거송巨松 Korean gloss: 매우 큰 소나무
• 송림松林 Korean gloss: 소나무가 우거진 숲
• 송차松茶 Korean gloss: 솔잎을 발효시켜 만든 차
• 송판松板 Korean gloss: 소나무를 켜서 만든 널빤지
• 청송靑松 Korean gloss: 사시사철 잎이 푸른 소나무
• 왜송矮松 Korean gloss: 가지가 많아 다보록한 어린 솔
• 악송惡松 Korean gloss: 잘 자라지 못하는 쓸모없는 소나무
• 송백松柏 Korean gloss: 소나무와 잣나무를 아울러 이르는 말
• 송죽松竹 Korean gloss: 소나무와 대나무를 아울러 이르는 말
• 반송盤松 Korean gloss: 키가 작고 가지가 옆으로 퍼진 소나무

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 松

• 松まつ pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
• 赤松あかまつ Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
• 松林まつばやし pine forest
• 松明たいまつ torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
• 松風まつかぜ (sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze
• 黒松くろまつ black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine
• 門松かどまつ New Year's pine decoration
• 老松ろうしょう old pine tree
• 松竹梅しょうちくばい pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom
• 浜松はままつ Hamamatsu (city)
• 市松いちまつ check (pattern); ichimatsu doll
• 松原まつばら pine grove

Characters sharing the phonetic 公

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “송”

Other hanja with radical 木