松 (sōng): meaning and stroke order

松 (sōng) means pine, CL:棵, loose, to loosen, to relax.

松

Simplified: 松
Traditional: 松, 鬆
Pinyin: sōng

Stroke order of 松

松

Sōng surname Song
sōng pine; CL:棵[ke1]
sōng loose; to loosen
8 strokes
Traditional form: 鬆

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 松

sōng
- pine
- CL:棵[ke1]
sōng Traditional 鬆
- loose
- to loosen
- to relax
- floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
Sōng
- surname Song

Radical and structure

松: Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 8 strokes · 木 on the left, 公 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 松

轻松 qīng sōng light; gentle
马拉松 mǎ lā sōng (loanword) marathon
放松 fàng sōng to relax; to slacken; to loosen

松 in our stories

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就这样，一个拼命地加，一个拼命地吃。马修的脸越来越红，腰带也松了一格。

jiù zhèyàng yí gè pīnmìng de jiā yí gè pīnmìng de chī Mǎxiū de liǎn yuèláiyuè hóng yāodài yě sōng le yì gé

And so one kept ordering for all he was worth, and the other kept eating for all he was worth. Matthew's face grew redder, and his belt went out a notch.

From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6

Stories using 松

The banquet that never ended HSK 6

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).