Chinese Character 松 Meanings and components.

Form

松

Meaning

松 meaning[3] in English

Surname Song.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 松 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and public (公)

Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DCI

How to write 松

To write松song1surname Song you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 公gong1public arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 公 = 松

松 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 松 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 松, looks as follow:

松
Pinyin:song1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Song
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
公
Pinyin:gong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Public . Collectively Owned . Common . International (E.G. High Seas, Metric System, Calendar) . Make Public . Fair . Just . Duke, Highest Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Honorable (Gentlemen) . Father-In-Law . Male (Animal)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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