松
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pine; CL:棵[ke1]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 松
- Common rank
- #449
- Unicode
- U+677E
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Formation & memory
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Words with 松
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 松下电气工业 | Matsushita Electronics Industry | |
| 松一口气 | to heave a sigh of relief | |
| 松山区 | Songshan or Sungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan; Songshan Dis… | |
| 松下电器 | Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) | |
| 马拉松 | (loanword) marathon | |
| 布松布拉 | Bujumbura, capital of Burundi (Tw) | |
| 松阳县 | Songyang, a county in Lishui City 麗水市|丽水市[Li2 shui3 Shi4], Zhejiang | |
| 松化石 | turquoise (gemstone); also written 松石 | |
| 松江区 | Songjiang suburban district of Shanghai | |
| 松北区 | Songbei, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 松花江 | Songhua River in Jilin province 吉林省 through Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], a tributary of H… | |
| 尼克松 | Richard Nixon (1913–1994), US president 1969–1974 | |
| 白皮松 | lacebark pine | |
| 西方松鸡 | (bird species of China) western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) | |
| 松子 | pine nut | |
| 松原市 | Songyuan, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] | |
| 松山 | Songshan or Sungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan; Matsuyama, c… | |
| 巴松管 | (loanword) bassoon | |
| 马尾松 | Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine) | |
| 松下公司 | Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 公 — compare how they read.