桐

桐 U+6850, 桐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6850 ← 桏 [U+684F] CJK Unified Ideographs 桑 → [U+6851]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𫈷

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		桐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (同) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鮦	*duʔ, *doːŋ, *doŋʔ
侗	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
恫	*tʰoːŋ, *doːŋs
痌	*tʰoːŋ
同	*doːŋ
仝	*zlon, *doːŋ
銅	*doːŋ
桐	*doːŋ
峒	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
硐	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
筒	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
洞	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
烔	*doːŋ
挏	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
酮	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
鲖
眮	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
衕	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
哃	*doːŋ
絧	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
姛	*doːŋʔ
詷	*doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
胴	*doːŋs
駧	*doːŋs
迵	*doːŋs
戙	*doːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *doːŋ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 同 (OC *doːŋ).

Etymology

See the possibly-related Burmese တုံး (tum:, “log”) for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tóng (tong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): tóng

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): tung²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng
• Jin (Wiktionary): tung¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): dùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tông / tâng / thâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tong⁵ / tang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶don / ²don
  • (Jinhua): ²don
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²
    • Yale: túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
    • Palladius: тун (tun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: tóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuəŋ²⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tung⁴
    • Yale: tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuŋ²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰuŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông / tâng / thâng
    • Tâi-lô: tông / tâng / thâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doong, daang, taang
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴/, /taŋ²⁴/, /tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴/, /taŋ²⁴/, /tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³/, /taŋ¹³/, /tʰaŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴/, /taŋ²⁴/, /tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³/, /taŋ²³/, /tʰaŋ²³/

Note:

• tông - literary;
• tâng/thâng - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: tong⁵ / tang⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thông / thâng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• tong5 - literary;
• tang5 - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶don
    • MiniDict: don^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³don
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²³/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ²don
    • MiniDict: don^平
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /doŋ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /doŋ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /doŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /doŋ²²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /doŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /doŋ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /doŋ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /doŋ²³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /doŋ³¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /doŋ²²/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ²don
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /doŋ³¹³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /tʊŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /tən¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: duwng

Rime
Character	桐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒紅切
Baxter	duwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/
Li Rong	/duŋ/
Wang Li	/duŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	桐
Reading #	1/1
No.	12449
Phonetic component	同
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	同
Old Chinese	/*doːŋ/

Definitions

桐

1. various trees related to the tung tree (now distinguished as oil-tung 油桐), particularly paulownia
2. a surname

Compounds

• 刺桐 (cìtóng, “Indian coral tree”)
• 大岩桐
• 山桐子 (shāntóngzi)
• 廣東油桐 / 广东油桐
• 桐人
• 桐君
• 桐城派
• 桐宮 / 桐宫 (Tónggōng)
• 桐山 (Tóngshān)
• 桐木漯 (Tóngmùluò)
• 桐棺三寸
• 桐油 (tóngyóu)
• 桐生茂豫
• 桐花煙 / 桐花烟
• 桐花鳳 / 桐花凤
• 桐鄉 / 桐乡 (Tóngxiāng)
• 梧桐 (wútóng)
• 楊桐 / 杨桐
• 泡桐 (pāotóng)
• 油桐 (yóutóng)
• 海桐
• 海桐科
• 海桐花
• 焦桐
• 珙桐 (gǒngtóng)
• 白桐
• 福祿桐 / 福禄桐
• 空桐樹 / 空桐树
• 絲桐 / 丝桐
• 罌子桐 / 罂子桐
• 美桐 (měitóng, “American planetree”)
• 胡桐 (hútóng)
• 草海桐
• 莿桐 (cìtóng)
• 蓮葉桐 / 莲叶桐
• 血桐 (xuètóng)
• 野桐

References

• “桐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

桐

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. paulownia

Readings

• Go-on: ずう (zū)^{←づう (duu, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kan’yō-on: どう (dō)
• Kun: きり (kiri, 桐)
• Nanori: ひさ (hisa)、き (ki)

Compounds

• 桐城派(とうじょうは) (Tōjō-ha)
• 桐塑(とうそ) (tōso)
• 桐油(とうゆ) (tōyu)
• 梧桐(ごとう) (gotō)
• 高桐院(こうとういん) (Kōtōin)
• 糸桐(しとう) (shitō)
• 海桐(とべら), 海桐花(とべら) (tobera)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
桐
きり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. The tree may have been imported from China prior to the Nara period.

The term might be from 切り (kiri, “cutting”), from the way that the tree is quick to send out shoots after being cut.

Some sources also speculate that this might be from some term 木理 (*kiri, “wood grain”) in reference to the desirable grain of this wood. However, 木理 is only attested with the reading mokuri, not kiri; also, the term is not attested until the 1830s, before which the Japanese terms for wood grain were 木目 (mokume, from the mid-1500s) or 木目 (kime, from the 1200s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲiɾʲi]
• (Tokyo) きり [kìrí] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

桐(きり) or 桐(キリ) • (kiri) 

1. [from 700s] the paulownia tree, Paulownia tomentosa

   Hypernym: 胡麻の葉草 (goma no hagusa)

2. [date uncertain] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of paulownia flowers and leaves
3. [from 1781]
4. (hanafuda) The suit of paulownia in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of December and the number twelve in most of Japan (July and seven in 虫花 (mushibana) decks, June and six in games from the Nagoya region, and November and eleven in Korea)

   Hyponym: 桐に鳳凰 (kiri ni hōō)

5. [from 1798] (colloquial) a koto (Japanese zither)

   from the wood of the paulownia used as the soundboard

   Synonym: 琴 (koto)

6. [from 1815] (colloquial) money, especially gold coins such as the 大判 (ōban) and the 小判 (koban)

   from the markings of paulownia crests on the coins

Derived terms

• 桐麻(きりあさ) (kiriasa)
• 桐(きり)油(あぶら) (kiri abura)
• 桐華(きりか) (Kirika)
• 桐紙(きりがみ) (kirigami)
• 桐(きり)ヶ谷(やつ) (kirigayatsu)
• 桐崎(きりさき) (Kirisaki)
• 桐高(きりたか) (Kiritaka)
• 桐竹(きりたけ) (kiritake)
• 桐壺(きりつぼ) (Kiritsubo)
• 桐(きり)に鳳凰(ほうおう) (kiri ni hōō)
• 桐(きり)野(の) (Kirino)
• 桐(きり)の木(き)炭(ずみ) (kiri no kizumi)
• 桐(きり)の薹(とう) (kiri no tō)
• 桐(きり)畑(ばたけ) (kiribatake)
• 桐原(きりはら) (Kirihara)
• 桐(きり)火(ひ)桶(おけ) (kiri hioke)
• 桐(きり)油(ゆ) (kiriyu)
• 桐生(きりゅう) (Kiryū)
• 青桐(あおぎり) (aogiri)
• 秋桐(あきぎり) (akigiri)
• 油(あぶら)桐(ぎり) (aburagiri)
• 飯桐(いいぎり), 椅(いいぎり) (iigiri)
• 犬桐(いぬぎり) (inugiri)
• 岩桐(いわぎり)草(そう) (iwagirisō)
• 大(おお)内(うち)桐(ぎり) (ōuchi-giri)
• 片桐(かたぎり) (Katagiri)
• 菊桐(きくきり) (kikukiri)
• 臭桐(くさぎり) (kusagiri)
• 五三(ごさん)の桐(きり) (gosan no kiri)
• 五(ご)七(しち)の桐(きり) (goshichi no kiri)
• 三方(さんぼう)桐(ぎり) (sanbō-giri)
• 縞桐(しまぎり) (shimagiri)
• 総桐(そうぎり) (sōgiri)
• 太閤(たいこう)桐(ぎり) (taikō-giri)
• 唐桐(とうぎり) (tōgiri)
• 蓮(はすの)葉(は)桐(ギリ), 蓮(はす)の葉(は)桐(ぎり) (hasu no ha-giri)
• 針桐(はりぎり) (harigiri)
• 緋(ひ)桐(ぎり) (higiri)
• 前桐(まえぎり) (maegiri)
• 山桐(やまぎり) (yamagiri)
• 焼(や)き桐(ぎり) (yakigiri)

Idioms

• 桐(きり)一(ひと)葉(は) (kiri hitoha)

See also

Hanafuda suits in Japanese · 花札のスート (hanafuda no sūto) (layout · text)
1月 (ichigatsu)	2月 (nigatsu)	3月 (sangatsu)	4月 (shigatsu)	5月 (gogatsu)	6月 (rokugatsu)
松 (matsu)	梅 (ume)	桜 (sakura)	藤 (fuji) 黒豆 (kuromame)	菖蒲 (ayame, shōbu) 杜若 (kakitsubata)	牡丹 (botan)
7月 (shichigatsu)	8月 (hachigatsu)	9月 (kugatsu)	10月 (jūgatsu)	11月 (jūichigatsu)	12月 (jūnigatsu)
萩 (hagi) 赤豆 (akamame)	芒 (susuki) 坊主 (bōzu)	菊 (kiku)	紅葉 (momiji)	柳 (yanagi) 雨 (ame)	桐 (kiri)

Proper noun

桐(きり) • (Kiri) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

References

• “^▲桐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[3] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

桐 (eumhun 오동나무 동 (odongnamu dong))

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Tày

Han character

桐 (transliteration needed)

1. Nôm form of toòng.

References

• Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[4] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

Vietnamese

Han character

桐: Hán Nôm readings: đồng

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