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Pine
Pine or Fir Trees
If you love pine trees or pine forests, 鬆 is your character. Also used to refer to fir trees.
Sometimes you’ll see a complex alternate version of this character. The meaning is still primarily pine but it can also have other meanings. If you want this special version, click on the character to the right instead of the button above.
There’s another rare alternate version of this character as shown to the right. In this case, the character’s radicals are arranged vertically instead of horizontally.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
松 see styles |
sōng song1 sung matsu(p); matsu まつ(P); マツ |
More info & calligraphy: Pine(1) pine tree (Pinus spp.); (2) (See 梅・うめ・2,竹・たけ・2) highest (of a three-tier ranking system); (personal name) Yoshiaki pine |
抹 see styles |
mò mo4 mo matsu |
to plaster; to go around; to skirt Rub out or on, efface. |
末 see styles |
mò mo4 mo matsu まつ |
tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man (n-suf,n) (1) the end (of); (suffix noun) (2) (See 粉末) powder; (surname, given name) Matsu Branch, twig; end; dust; not; translit, ma, va, ba; cf. 摩. |
沫 see styles |
mò mo4 mo matsu あわ |
foam; suds bubble; foam; froth; head on beer foam |
まつ see styles |
matsu マツ |
(female given name) Matsu |
俟つ see styles |
matsu まつ |
(v5t,vt,vi) (1) to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; (2) to depend on; to need |
加減 see styles |
kagen かげん |
(n,n-suf) (1) degree; extent; amount; balance; state; condition; (2) (health) condition; state of health; (noun, transitive verb) (3) adjustment; moderation; regulation; (noun, transitive verb) (4) addition and subtraction; (suffix noun) (5) slight sign of ...; slight state of ...; (suffix noun) (6) just right for ...; (personal name) Matsu |
北竿 see styles |
běi gān bei3 gan1 pei kan |
Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan |
南竿 see styles |
nán gān nan2 gan1 nan kan |
Nankan Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan |
天后 see styles |
tiān hòu tian1 hou4 t`ien hou tien hou tenkou / tenko てんこう |
Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3]; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) queen of heaven Queen of Heaven, v. 摩利支. |
媽祖 妈祖 see styles |
mā zǔ ma1 zu3 ma tsu maso まそ |
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia Mazu (Chinese goddess of the sea) |
待つ see styles |
matsu まつ |
(v5t,vt,vi) (1) to wait; (2) to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; (3) to depend on; to need |
東引 东引 see styles |
dōng yǐn dong1 yin3 tung yin |
Tungyin Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan |
松宇 see styles |
matsuu / matsu まつう |
(surname) Matsuu |
松鵜 see styles |
matsuu / matsu まつう |
(surname) Matsuu |
枝末 see styles |
zhī mò zhi1 mo4 chih mo shi matsu |
derivative |
莒光 see styles |
jǔ guāng ju3 guang1 chü kuang |
Chukuang Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Chukuang township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan |
連江 连江 see styles |
lián jiāng lian2 jiang1 lien chiang rienjian リエンジアン |
Lianjiang, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2zhou1 Shi4], Fujian; Lienchiang County, the official name of the Matsu Islands 馬祖列島|马祖列岛[Ma3zu3 Lie4dao3], a county of the ROC (based in Taiwan) (place-name) Lienchiang (Taiwan) |
馬祖 马祖 see styles |
mǎ zǔ ma3 zu3 ma tsu baso ばそ |
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan (place-name) Matsu Islands (Taiwan) Ma Tsu, founder of the Southern Peak school of the Ch'an or Intuitional sect in Kiangsi, known as 江西道一. |
マーツ see styles |
maatsu / matsu マーツ |
(personal name) Maasz |
北竿鄉 北竿乡 see styles |
běi gān xiāng bei3 gan1 xiang1 pei kan hsiang |
Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan |
南竿鄉 南竿乡 see styles |
nán gān xiāng nan2 gan1 xiang1 nan kan hsiang |
Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan |
東引鄉 东引乡 see styles |
dōng yǐn xiāng dong1 yin3 xiang1 tung yin hsiang |
Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan |
松修康 see styles |
matsunobuyasu まつのぶやす |
(person) Matsu Nobuyasu (1976.7.23-) |
正像末 see styles |
zhèng xiàng mò zheng4 xiang4 mo4 cheng hsiang mo shō zō matsu |
The three periods of correct law, semblance law, and decadence, or finality; cf. 正法. |
莒光鄉 莒光乡 see styles |
jǔ guāng xiāng ju3 guang1 xiang1 chü kuang hsiang |
Chukuang township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan |
連江縣 连江县 see styles |
lián jiāng xiàn lian2 jiang1 xian4 lien chiang hsien |
Lianjiang, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2zhou1 Shi4], Fujian; Lienchiang County, the official name of the Matsu Islands 馬祖列島|马祖列岛[Ma3zu3 Lie4dao3], a county of the ROC (based in Taiwan) |
攝末歸本 摄末归本 see styles |
shè mò guī běn she4 mo4 gui1 ben3 she mo kuei pen shō matsu ki hon |
assimilating the derivative into the original |
本間マツ see styles |
honmamatsu ほんまマツ |
(person) Honma Matsu |
松たか子 see styles |
matsutakako まつたかこ |
(person) Matsu Takako (1977.6-) |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Pine | 鬆 松 | matsu | sōng / song1 / song | sung |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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