松香

sōngxiāng
noun #30,436

Meanings

  1. 1 rosin
  2. 2 pine resin
  3. 3 colophony

Examples

Xiǎotíqín shǒu zài gōng shàng mǒ le yìxiē sōngxiāng.
The violinist applied some rosin to the bow.
Sōngxiāng kěyǐ yòng lái hànjiē diànlùbǎn.
Rosin can be used as flux for soldering circuit boards.

Tips

culture
松香 has two main worlds of use: in music (string players rub it on bows so the hair grips the strings) and in electronics (it's the classic flux for tin-lead solder). It's distilled from pine sap (松树).

Stroke Order

sōng
xiāng