漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
桐: paulownia
JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 同 is drawn in
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 桐油とうゆtung oil; (Chinese) wood oil
きりkiri · kun'yomi · on its own
- 桐きりpaulownia (Paulownia tomentosa)
- 総桐そうぎりmade entirely of paulownia wood
Also read ドウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
同
Also built on same (同)
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tóng
Same form: 桐 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 桐 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 桐 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tóng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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