松 (sōng) — pine, pine tree

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松 character · TOCFL A2 (est.)

松＝木＋公

ㄙㄨㄥ · sōng

noun — pine, pine tree

字源 FORM — what the parts do

木義a tree, wood

公聲gōng — gives the soundthe same 公 as in 公司, worn irregularly from gōng to sōng

ITgōng → sōng — initial and tone shift, an irregular jump off the donor

A tree (木) named by its sound — 松 is the pine, the evergreen that holds its needles through winter. 公 gōng carries the sound, worn to sōng. The "loosen, relax" sense you meet in 松弛 belongs to 鬆, written elsewhere; this 松 stays the tree.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一棵樹（木），雪壓下來，針葉還綠著——松。

A tree (木) under the snow, its needles still green — the pine.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)松樹、松木— pine, pine tree常用

→松柏— pine and cypress — the evergreens, emblem of endurance

→松弛— loose, relaxed (borrowed from 鬆)

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension