Translingual

Han character

桐 (radical 75 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木月一口 (DBMR), four-corner 4792₀, composition ⿰木同)

References

• KangXi: page 525, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14770
• Dae Jaweon: page 914, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1198, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6850

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

桐

1. Various trees related to the tung tree (now distinguished as oil-tung 油桐), particularly paulownia

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Goon: ずう (zū)
• Kan’on: とう (tō)
• Kan’yōon: どう (dō)
• Kun: きり (kiri)

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) きり [kìrí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɾi]

Noun

桐 ‎(hiragana きり, katakana キリ, romaji kiri)

1. the paulownia tree, Paulownia tomentosa

Proper noun

桐 ‎(hiragana きり, romaji Kiri)

1. A female given name

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

桐 • ‎(dong)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 동 (revised: dong, McCune-Reischauer: tong, Yale: tong)

• Name (hangeul): 오동나무 동()

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: đồng

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