桐

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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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).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 桐

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

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Japanese

Kanji

桐

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

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(トベラ), 海桐花(トベラ) (tobera)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
桐
きり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

桐(きり) or 桐(キリ) • (kiri) 

1. the paulownia tree, Paulownia tomentosa

   Hypernym: 胡麻の葉草 (goma no hagusa)

2. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of paulownia flowers and leaves
3. (card games) the paulownia suit in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of December

   Hyponym: 桐に鳳凰 (kiri ni hōō)

4. (colloquial) a koto (Japanese zither)

   from the wood of the paulownia used as the soundboard

   Synonym: 琴 (koto)

5. (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

Derived terms

• 桐麻(キリアサ) (kiriasa)
• 桐(きり)油(あぶら) (kiri abura)
• 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(アオギリ) (aogiri)
• 秋桐(アキギリ) (akigiri)
• 油(アブラ)桐(ギリ) (aburagiri)
• 飯桐(イイギリ), 椅(イイギリ) (iigiri)
• 犬桐(イヌギリ) (inugiri)
• 岩桐(イワギリ)草(ソウ) (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(クサギリ) (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(トウギリ) (tōgiri)
• 蓮(ハスノ)葉(ハ)桐(ギリ), 蓮(はす)の葉(は)桐(ぎり) (hasu no ha-giri)
• 針桐(ハリギリ) (harigiri)
• 緋(ひ)桐(ぎり) (higiri)
• 前桐(まえぎり) (maegiri)
• 山桐(ヤマギリ) (yamagiri)
• 焼(や)き桐(ぎり) (yakigiri)

Idioms

• 桐(きり)一(ひと)葉(は) (kiri hitoha)

Coordinate terms

• 花札(はなふだ) (hanafuda) suits: 松(まつ) (matsu, “pine”), 梅(うめ) (ume, “plum blossoms”), 桜(さくら) (sakura, “sakura”), 藤(ふじ) (fuji, “wisteria”), 菖蒲(あやめ) (ayame, “iris”), 牡丹(ぼたん) (botan, “peony”), 萩(はぎ) (hagi, “bush clover”), 芒(すすき) (susuki, “susuki grass”), 菊(きく) (kiku, “chrysanthemum”), 紅葉(もみじ) (momiji, “autumn leaves”), 柳(やなぎ) (yanagi, “willow”), 桐(きり) (kiri, “paulownia”)

Proper noun

桐(きり) • (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: Hán Nôm readings: đồng

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