Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Matsuo

松尾まつお

Matsuo is a well-known surname, roughly within the top 150. Its kanji read as pine tree + tail.

Hiragana
まつお
Katakana
マツオ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Matsuo
Morae
3 まつお
How common
Fairly common

The kanji

  1. 松pine treeTrees & forest
  2. 尾tail

As a full name

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