松
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pine; CL:棵[ke1]
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Dict coverage rank #450 U+677E
How 松 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 公 (phonetic, gōng)
How to remember it
pine tree · Heisig RSH #697
木 tree + 公 public
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 公
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 公 (gōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公 sound component | gōng | fair, equitable; public; duke |
| 翁 | wēng | old man; father, father-in-law |
| 讼 | sòng | to accuse, to argue; to dispute, to litigate |
| 颂 | sòng | to laud, to acclaim; ode, hymn |
| 瓮 | wèng | urn, earthen jar |
| 忪 | sōng | calm, peaceful; quiet, tranquil |
| 彸 | zhōng | agitated, restless |
| 蚣 | gōng | centipede |
| 鈆 | yán | lead (element) |
Words containing 松
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 松下电气工业 | Sōng xià Diàn qì Gōng yè | Matsushita Electronics Industry |
| 松一口气 | sōng yī kǒu qì | to heave a sigh of relief |
| 松山区 | Sōng shān Qū | Songshan or Sungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan; Songshan Dis… |
| 松下电器 | Sōng xià Diàn qì | Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) |
| 马拉松 | mǎ lā sōng | (loanword) marathon |
| 布松布拉 | Bù sōng bù lā | Bujumbura, capital of Burundi (Tw) |
| 松化石 | sōng huà shí | turquoise (gemstone); also written 松石 |
| 松阳县 | Sōng yáng Xiàn | Songyang, a county in Lishui City 麗水市|丽水市[Li2 shui3 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 松江区 | Sōng jiāng qū | Songjiang suburban district of Shanghai |
| 松北区 | Sōng běi Qū | Songbei, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 松花江 | Sōng huā jiāng | 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 | Ní kè sōng | Richard Nixon (1913–1994), US president 1969–1974 |
| 白皮松 | bái pí sōng | lacebark pine |
| 西方松鸡 | xī fāng sōng jī | (bird species of China) western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) |
| 松子 | sōng zǐ | pine nut |
| 松原市 | Sōng yuán Shì | Songyuan, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] |
| 松山 | Sōng shān | Songshan or Sungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan; Matsuyama, c… |
| 巴松管 | bā sōng guǎn | (loanword) bassoon |
| 马尾松 | mǎ wěi sōng | Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine) |
| 松下公司 | Sōng xià Gōng sī | Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) |