The kanji 松: meaning, readings and stroke order

松

Meaning: pine tree
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: まつ matsu
Strokes: 8
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cây thông (tùng)
Japanese: まつのき。
Korean: 소나무 (송)
Chinese: 松树

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

老ろう松しょう
old pine tree
庭に大きな 老ろう松しょうがあります。
There is a big old pine tree in the garden.

まつ matsu · kun reading

松まつ
pine tree
海岸に 松まつがならんでいます。
Pine trees stand in a row along the beach.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.