松山

Chinese

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

Etymology

Songshan; Matsuyama

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (まつ)(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. () Songshan (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
  2. () Matsuyama (a city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan)
  3. Synonym of 松岳山 (Mount Song'ak, North Korea)

References

Japanese

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

Proper noun

(まつ)(やま) • (Matsuyama) 

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