松: Pine TreeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ショウ)

• 松竹梅しょうちくばいpine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)
• 松風しょうふう(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees
• 老松ろうしょうold pine tree
• 古松こしょうold pine
• 大王松だいおうしょうlongleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
• 寒松かんしょうwinter pine; pine tree that endures the cold of winter
• 巌松がんしょうpine tree growing on a rock
• 巨松きょしょうbig pine tree

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 松まつpine tree (Pinus spp.)
• 赤松あかまつJapanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine
• 若松わかまつyoung pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
• 松葉まつばpine needle
• 松林まつばやしpine forest
• 浜松はままつHamamatsu (city)
• 門松かどまつNew Year's pine decoration
• 黒松くろまつblack pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine
• こころざしは松の葉に包めこころざしはまつのはにつつめfor gifts, it's the thought that counts
• アメリカ松アメリカまつcommon Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
• ノーフォーク松ノーフォークまつNorfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla)
• ポンデローサ松ポンデローサまつponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
• ヨーロッパ赤松ヨーロッパあかまつScots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
• 一の松いちのまつclosest pine-tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
• 三の松さんのまつfurthest pine tree from a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
• 下がり松さがりまつdrooping pine
• 二の松にのまつmiddle pine tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
• 五葉の松いつはのまつJapanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
• 五葉松ごようまつJapanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)
• 偽松茸にせまつたけTricholoma fulvocastaneum (species of gilled mushroom)
• 唐松からまつ(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
• 姫小松ひめこまつJapanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
• 姫松ひめまつsmall pine; short pine tree
• 子の日の松ねのひのまつpine shoot pulled out during ne-no-hi-no-asobi
• 小松こまつsmall pine; young pine
• 小松引きこまつひきcollecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat in the New Year)
• 小松菜こまつなJapanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
• 岩松いわまつSelaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
• 市松いちまつcheck (pattern)
• 市松人形いちまつにんぎょうichimatsu doll; traditional Japanese doll with a torso made of hardened sawdust
• 市松模様いちまつもようchecked pattern; chequered pattern
• 志は松の葉に包めこころざしはまつのはにつつめfor gifts, it's the thought that counts
• 松かさまつかさpinecone; pine cone
• 松のみまつのみpine nut
• 松の内まつのうちNew Year's Week (festivities)
• 松の実まつのみpine nut
• 松の木まつのきpine tree
• 松の材線虫まつのざいせんちゅうpinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
• 松の緑まつのみどりpine sprout; pine bud
• 松の葉まつのはpine needle
• 松の雪まつのゆきsnow on pine branches
• 松やにまつやに(pine) resin; turpentine

Other readings

• 松明たいまつtorch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau
• ケード杜松ケードねずprickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus); prickly cedar
• 一本松いっぽんまつsolitary pine tree
• 初松魚はつがつおthe first bonito of the season
• 岩垂杜松いわだれねずdwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)
• 川原松葉かわらまつばour lady's bedstraw (Galium verum); yellow bedstraw
• 杜松ねずtemple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper
• 松ぼっくりまつかさpinecone; pine cone
• 松ヤニまつやに(pine) resin; turpentine
• 松前漬けまつまえずけMatsumae pickles; dried squid, kombu, and herring roe pickled together

Showing the 60 most common of 171 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 松

• 葉
• 海
• 虫
• 貝
• 水
• 食
• 小
• 茶
• 赤
• 風