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

Kanji in 松竹梅

• 松Pine TreeRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
• 竹BambooRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N2
• 梅PlumRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1

Words that share its kanji

• 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
• 松明たいまつtorch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau
• 松林まつばやしpine forest
• 松風しょうふう(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees
• 浜松はままつHamamatsu (city)
• 竹たけbamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
• 爆竹ばくちくfirecracker
• 破竹はちくbreaking bamboo
• 竹の子たけのこbamboo shoot
• 竹刀しないbamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
• 竹林ちくりんbamboo thicket; bamboo grove
• 竹細工たけざいくbamboo work; bamboo ware
• 竹馬たけうまstilts (for walking)
• 梅うめJapanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum
• 梅雨つゆrainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July)