藤

See also: 籐

藤 U+85E4, 藤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85E4 ← 藣 [U+85E3] CJK Unified Ideographs 藥 → [U+85E5]

Translingual

Han character

藤 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 19 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 18 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿月火水 (TBFE), four-corner 4423₂, composition ⿱艹滕)

1. rattan, cane
2. wisteria (flora)
3. creeper plant

References

• KangXi: page 1065, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32340
• Dae Jaweon: page 1531, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3321, character 5
• Unihan data for U+85E4

Chinese

trad.		藤/籐
simp.		藤
2nd round simp.		⿱龹小
alternative forms		𣳾 2nd round simp. (1981)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	*l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	*l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	*hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	*ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸	*ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'ɯːŋ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 滕 (OC *l'ɯːŋ) – a type of plant.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): téng (teng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thèn
• Min Dong (BUC): dìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tîn / têng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ding⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁶den

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: téng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: téng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻêng²
    • Yale: téng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terng
    • Palladius: тэн (tɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tang⁴
    • Yale: tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tenˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ten²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰen¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîn / têng
    • Tâi-lô: tîn / tîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diin, deeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tin²⁴/, /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin²⁴/, /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin¹³/, /tiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin²⁴/, /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²³/, /tiɪŋ²³/

Note:

• tîn - vernacular;
• têng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ding⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tîng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wugniu: ⁶den
  • Wiktionary Romanisation: ³den
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /dən²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dong

Rime
Character	藤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒登切
Baxter	dong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəŋ/
Li Rong	/dəŋ/
Wang Li	/dəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	téng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藤
Reading #	1/1
No.	17121
Phonetic component	朕
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	騰
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːŋ/

Definitions

藤

1. vine
2. cane; rattan
3. a surname: Teng

Compounds

• 一條藤兒／一条藤儿
• 常春藤 (chángchūnténg)
• 扳藤附葛
• 攀藤攬葛／攀藤揽葛
• 攀藤附葛
• 沒根藤／没根藤
• 溪藤
• 牽絲扳藤／牵丝扳藤
• 牽絲攀藤／牵丝攀藤
• 瓜藤 (guāténg)
• 白藤 (báiténg)
• 紅葡萄藤／红葡萄藤
• 紫藤 (zǐténg)
• 胡蔓藤
• 草藤
• 葛藤 (géténg)
• 蔓藤 (mànténg)
• 藤壺／藤壶 (ténghú)
• 藤攀葛繞／藤攀葛绕
• 藤本植物
• 藤杖
• 藤架
• 藤校 (téngxiào)
• 藤條／藤条 (téngtiáo)
• 藤椅 (téngyǐ)
• 藤牌 (téngpái)
• 藤球 (téngqiú)
• 藤球運動／藤球运动
• 藤田 (Téngtián)
• 藤紙／藤纸
• 藤縣／藤县 (Téngxiàn)
• 藤纏／藤缠
• 藤菜 (téngcài)
• 藤蔓
• 藤蘿／藤萝 (téngluó)
• 藤輪／藤轮
• 藤黃／藤黄
• 詭負葛藤／诡负葛藤
• 酸藤
• 鉤藤／钩藤 (gōuténg)
• 雞屎藤／鸡屎藤
• 雷公藤
• 順藤摸瓜／顺藤摸瓜 (shùnténgmōguā)
• 馬鞍藤／马鞍藤
• 魚藤／鱼藤

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	藤
Kyūjitai	藤󠄃 藤+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
	藤󠄇 藤+󠄇? (Hanyo-Denshi)
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Kanji

藤

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō)^{←どう (dou, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
• Kun: ふじ (fuji, 藤, Jōyō)^{←ふぢ (fudi, 藤, historical)}
• Nanori: かつら (katsura); つ (tsu); と (to); ひさ (hisa); ふじ (fuji)

Compounds

• 藤(とう)栄(えい) (Tōei)
• 藤(とう)八(はっ)拳(けん) (Tōhakken)
• 藤(とう)兵衛(べえ) (Tōbē)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
藤
ふじ Grade: S
kun’yomi

藤 (fuji): Japanese wisteria trees near Daizen-ji Temple in Murayama, Fukushima

⟨pudi⟩ → */puⁿdi/ → /ɸud͡ʑi/ → /ɸuʑi/

From Old Japanese 藤 (pudi), from Proto-Japonic *punti.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふじ [fùjí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Noun

藤(ふじ) • (fuji) ^{←ふぢ (fudi)?}

1. a wisteria, especially the Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda
2. Short for 藤色 (fujiiro): a light lavender color, akin to wisteria flowers
3. a type of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “garment-layering color combination”) with the front a light purple, and the back blue
4. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with designs of Japanese wisteria flowers, leaves, and/or branches
5. (card games) the suit of Japanese wisteria in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of April

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as フジ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 藤(ふじ)井(い) (Fujī)
• 藤(ふじ)色(いろ) (fuji-iro)
• 藤(ふじ)夫(お) (Fujio)
• 藤(ふじ)岡(おか) (Fujioka)
• 藤(ふじ)笠(がさ) (fujigasa)
• 藤(ふじ)襲(がさね) (fujigasane)
• 藤(ふじ)葛(かずら) (fujikazura)
• 藤(ふじ)衣(ごろも) (fujigoromo)
• 藤(ふじ)沢(さわ) (Fujisawa)
• 藤(ふじ)島(しま) (Fujishima)
• 藤(ふじ)城(しろ) (Fujishiro)
• 藤(ふじ)瀬(せ) (Fujise)
• 藤(ふじ)棚(だな) (fujidana)
• 藤(ふじ)壺(つぼ) (fujitsubo)
• 藤(ふじ)菜(な) (fujina)
• 藤(ふじ)布(ぬの) (fujinuno)
• 藤(ふじの)裏(うら)葉(ば) (Fuji no Uraba)
• 藤(ふじ)の袂(たもと) (fuji no tamoto)
• 藤(ふじ)灰(ばい) (fujibai)
• 藤(ふじ)袴(ばかま) (fujibakama)
• 藤(ふじ)原(はら) (Fujihara)
• 藤(ふじ)本(もと) (Fujimoto)
• 藤(ふじ)原(わら) (Fujiwara)
• 上(あ)がり藤(ふじ) (agarifuji)
• 箙(エビラ)藤(フジ) (ebirafuji)
• 下(さ)がり藤(ふじ) (sagarifuji)
• 白(しら)藤(ふじ) (shirafuji)
• 土(ど)用(よう)藤(ふじ) (doyō fuji)
• 夏(ナツ)藤(フジ) (natsufuji)
• 野(の)田(だ)藤(ふじ) (Noda fuji)
• 八(やつ)藤(ふじ) (yatsufuji)
• 山(ヤマ)藤(フジ) (yamafuji)

Idioms

• 二(に)鼠(そ)藤(ふじ)を噛(か)む (niso fuji o kamu)

Proper noun

藤(ふじ) • (Fuji) ^{←ふぢ (fudi)?}

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
藤
とう Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 藤 (MC dong).

Affix

藤(とう) • (tō) 

1. wisteria
2. creeper (plant grown by creeping)
3. Short for 藤原 (Fujiwara): Fujiwara clan

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 藤(とう)花(か) (tōka)
• 藤(とう)本(ほん) (tōhon)
• 葛(かっ)藤(とう) (kattō)
• 源(げん)平(ぺい)藤(とう)橘(きつ) (Genpeitōkitsu)
• 蒼(そう)藤(とう) (sōtō)

Proper noun

藤(とう) • (Tō) 

1. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
藤
かつら Grade: S
nanori

Possibly from 桂 (katsura, “katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum”).

Proper noun

藤(かつら) • (Katsura) 

1. a female given name

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 藤 (MC dong). Recorded as Middle Korean 드ᇰ (tung) (Yale: tung) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

藤 (eumhun 등나무 등 (deungnamu deung))

1. Hanja form^? of 등 (“wisteria”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 갈등 (葛藤, galdeung)
• 구등 (鉤藤, gudeung)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *punti.

Noun

藤 (pudi) (kana ふぢ)

1. a wisteria, especially the Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 19, poem 4201)

     伊佐左可爾念而來之乎多祜乃浦爾開流藤見而一夜可經

     isasaka ni omopi₁te ko₂si wo Tako₁-no₂-ura ni sake₁ru pudi mi₁te pi₁to₂yo₁ pe₂nu be₂si

     A little thought came from seeing those blooming wisterias at the bay of Tako... I'll pass by here for one night.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 藤衣 (pudigo₂ro₂mo)
• 藤白 (Pudisiro₁)
• 藤浪 (pudinami₁)
• 藤の花 (pudi no₂ pana)
• 藤袴 (pudibakama)
• 藤原 (Pudipara)
• 藤江の浦 (Pudiye-no₂-ura)
• 藤井 (Pudiwi)
• 藤井の浦 (Pudiwi-no₂-ura)

Descendants

• Japanese: 藤 (fuji)

Vietnamese

Han character

藤: Hán Nôm readings: đằng

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