松

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
Miyake (1997), apud, associated with 🇨🇬; superficially similar to 🇨🇬.

The regular Mandarin pronunciation as predicted from Middle Chinese is sóng. The sound change to the yinping pronunciation in Mandarin dialects is to avoid homophony with the word.

Definitions

 * 1) pine tree
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Compounds

 * : pinecone
 * : pine resin
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Etymology
From. Attested in the ' of 712 and the ' of 759. In turn, from.

Various theories exist regarding its ultimate origin:
 * Might be a shift from . However, the accent of in the Heian period is , while  is  . It can be better derived from , which has   accent in the Heian period.
 * Might be from, either from the way that a pine tree must wait for leaves to fall to grow new ones, or from the way that it lasts ten thousand years and preserves its color. The accent of is.
 * Possibly derived from, from , because it spends its time in the snow for winter. However, the classical term is   in the Heian period.
 * From, since their leaves represent such. However, it requires deletion of the -ge, and matsuge is certainly from.
 * From, as the pine tree is an evergreen tree.
 * From a place name, as opposed to muratatsu.
 * From.
 * From, as the leaves are around the trunk.
 * From +.
 * From.
 * A shift from, as the pine tree leaves split into two.

Noun

 * 1) a pine tree
 * 2) a pine branch decorated for the celebration of New Year
 * 3) the highest rank of a 3-tier ranking system
 * 4) a  in the shape of pine branches or needles
 * 5)  a suit in, representing the month of January
 * 1) a  in the shape of pine branches or needles
 * 2)  a suit in, representing the month of January

Derived terms

 * : pine resin
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Hanja

 * 1) pine