Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
pine tree
Kun:
まつ
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
471 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 松竹梅 【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)
  • 鰹 【カツオ】 skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), oceanic bonito, victorfish
  • 老松 【ロウショウ】 old pine tree
  • 翠松 【スイショウ】 verdant pine, green pine

Kun reading compounds

  • 松 【まつ】 pine tree (Pinus spp.), highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
  • 松下電工 【まつしたでんこう】 Matsushita Electric Works
  • 赤松 【あかまつ】 Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Japanese umbrella pine, tanyosho pine
  • 浜松 【はままつ】 Hamamatsu (city)

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 しょ、 ま、 まっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song1
Korean:
song

Spanish

  • pino

Portuguese

  • pinheiro

French

  • pin
536 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1394 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
215 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2212 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
884 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1419 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
869 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
696 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
709 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
970 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1075 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
793 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14516 Morohashi
864 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2592 New Nelson (John Haig)
785 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
848 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
483 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
508 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1871 2001 Kanji
4a4.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4893.2 Four corner code
1-30-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
677e Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1800 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塊茎 【カイケイ】 tuber
  • 塊鉱 【カイコウ】 lump ore
  • 団塊 【ダンカイ】 mass, lump, clod, clump, nodule, baby boom generation (of 1947-1949), babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)
  • 山塊 【サンカイ】 mountain mass, massif

Kun reading compounds

  • 塊 【かたまり】 lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster, group, crowd, embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.), personification
  • 塊魂 【かたまりだましい】 Katamari Damacy (2004 video game)
  • 一塊 【いっかい】 one lump, one group
  • 拝金主義の塊 【はいきんしゅぎのかたまり】 money-worshiper

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kuai4
Korean:
goe

Spanish

  • conglomerado
  • terrón
  • masa
  • aglomeración

Portuguese

  • grumo
  • montículo
  • reboco
  • coágulo
  • massa

French

  • motte
  • caillot
  • masse
1065 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1946 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1122 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1670 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1161 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1524 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1625 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1753 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
386 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
775 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
457 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
579 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2043 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5319 Morohashi
632 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1070 New Nelson (John Haig)
2024 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2180 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1613 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1457 2001 Kanji
3b10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
4611.3 Four corner code
1-18-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
584a Unicode hex code