桐

Translingual

Han character

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

1. name applied to various trees
2. paulownia

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		桐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóng (tong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongr
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴
    • Yale: tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (桐, reconstructed)
Character (桐), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 定 (7) Final: 東 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 徒紅切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/duŋ/	/dʱuŋ/	/duŋ/	/duŋ/	/dəwŋ/	/duŋ/	/duŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (桐, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
桐					12449					同					東					0					同					/*doːŋ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

桐

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: どう (dō), とう (tō)
• Kun: きり (kiri)

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

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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

桐 (đồng)

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