Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

471 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: pine tree

Kunyomi: まつ

Onyomi: ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

竹梅(しょうちくばい)   pine, bamboo, plum

(まつ)   pine tree, highest rank

林(まつばやし)   pine forest

葉(まつば)   pine needle

茸(まつたけ)   matsutake mushroom

(かどまつ)   New Year's decorative pine trees

Onyomi Examples

竹梅 ショウチクバイ pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)

カツオ skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), oceanic bonito, victorfish

ロウショウ old pine tree

スイショウ verdant pine, green pine

Kunyomi Examples

まつ pine tree (Pinus spp.), highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

下電工 まつしたでんこう Matsushita Electric Works

わかまつ young pine, New Year's symbolic pine decoration

あかまつ Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Japanese umbrella pine, tanyosho pine