松木 (sōng mù) — pine wood | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pine wood

Measure word · 块

Examples

松木。
Zhè zhǒng sōng mù de zhì dì hěn ruǎn.
This kind of pine wood has a soft texture.
松木。
Wǒ yòng sōng mù zuò le yí gè shū jià.
I made a bookshelf out of pine wood.
松木。
sōng mù Shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de jiàn zhù cái liào.
Pine wood is a common building material.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

松 names the pine and 木 names wood, so it is wood from a pine.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木公松

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

公

公gōng松sōng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

松 uses 木 (wood) to show it is a tree, and 公 to give the sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

木 is drawn as a tree, with branches above and roots below.

Appears in

Materials & Substances Trees & Forest

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