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松 = 公 + 木

松 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pine tree”. It is built from 公 (public) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 848.

Keyword
pine tree
RTK frame
848
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
まつ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сосновое дерево
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
松 pine tree

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 公 public
  2. 木 tree

How to find 松 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “public” + “tree”. 松 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 松 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.