松山

Chinese

pine mountain; hill
trad. (松山) 松 山
simp. #(松山) 松 山

Etymology

Songshan; Matsuyama

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 松(まつ)山(やま) (Matsuyama). In the case of Songshan, it replaced 錫口/锡口, the old name of the area.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

松山

  1. (~區) Songshan (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
  2. (~市) Matsuyama (a city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan)
  3. Synonym of 松岳山 (“Mount Song'ak, North Korea”)

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
松 山
まつ
Grade: 4
やま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

松(まつ)山(やま) • (Matsuyama) 

  1. Matsuyama (the capital city of Ehime Prefecture, Japan)
  2. a surname
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