桃

Translingual

Han character

桃 (radical 75 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木中一人 (DLMO), four-corner 4291₃)

1. peach
2. marriage
3. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 525, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14757
• Dae Jaweon: page 913, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1202, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6843

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Cantonese

Hanzi

桃 (Yale tou4)

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Japanese

Kanji

桃 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. peach

Readings

• Kan’on: とう (tō), (historical) たう (tau)
• Kun: もも (momo)

Noun

桃 (hiragana もも, katakana モモ, romaji momo)

1. a peach
2. a peach tree

Derived terms

• 桃花 (とうか, tōka): peach blossom flower
• 桃果 (とうか, tōka): peach (fruit)
• 桃色 (ももいろ, momo iro); pink
• 桃色鸚哥 (ももいろいんこ, モモイロインコ, momo iro inko); a galah (Eolophus roseicapillus), rose-breasted cockatoo
• 桃色遊戯 (ももいろゆうぎ, momo iro yuugi); sex play
• 桃栗三年柿八年 (ももくりさんねんかきはちねん, momo kuri san nen kaki hachi nen); it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions, literally, planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years to bear fruit, plums take eight
• 桃尻 (ももじり, momo jiri); somebody who is bad at horse-riding; a fidgety, restless person
• 桃園 (ももぞの, momo zono); a peach orchard
• 桃の花の香り (もものはなのかおり, momo no hana no kaori); fragrance of peach blossom
• 桃割れ (ももわれ, momo ware); a hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach

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Korean

Hanja

桃 (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune-Reischauer to, Yale to)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
桃

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

桃 (pinyin táo (tao2), Wade-Giles t'ao²)

1. peach

Compounds

• 桃子 (táozi)
• 油桃 (yóutáo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

桃 (đào)