This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ショウ、まつ
Romaji: shō, matsu
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: おお、しょ、ま、まっ
Romaji: oo, sho, ma, ma
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Romaji

Meaning

pine tree

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  75
Frequency:  471
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  1-4-4
Korean Reading:  song
Chinese Reading:  song1
Unicode:  677e
JIS:  3E3E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 864
Nelson Index: 2212
New Nelson Index: 2592
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a4.16
Four Corner Index: 4893.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1394
Gakken Index: 215
Japanese Names Index: 869
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14516
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0206
Remembering the kanji Index: 785
Kanji Way Index: 483
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1419
Kodansha Compact Index: 1075
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 536
Kanji in Context Index: 970
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 580
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 769
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 793
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 848
Essential Kanji Index: 884
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1075
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1871
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 508

Words

(まつ、マツ)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
若松 (わかまつ)
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
小松 (こまつ)
small pine; young pine
松皮 (まつかわ、マツカワ)
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
松林 (まつばやし)
pine forest
松原 (まつばら)
pine grove
浜松 (はままつ)
Hamamatsu (city)
赤松 (あかまつ)
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
松葉 (まつば)
pine needle
松風 (まつかぜ、しょうふう)
(sound of) the wind through pine trees
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