Kanji N1

松: pine tree

松 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning pine tree, written with 8 strokes. It is read ショウ (on) and まつ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 松 (まつ, pine tree) and 赤松 (あかまつ, Japanese red pine).

松

Meanings

  • pine tree
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#471 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • まつ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 松

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 松まつ

    pine tree (Pinus spp.)

    JLPT N3
  • 赤松あかまつ

    Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora)

  • 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

  • 松明たいまつ

    torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.)

  • 松風まつかぜ

    (sound of) wind blowing through pine trees

  • 黒松くろまつ

    black pine (Pinus thunbergii)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.