漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
藤: wisteria
JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 艹grass(meaning)
- 滕(form)
艹 carries the meaning · 滕 is drawn in
18 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 葛藤かっとうconflict; complication; troubles
ふじfuji · kun'yomi · on its own
- 藤ふじwisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria…
- 藤色ふじいろlight purple
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
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)艸 grass (meaning) + 滕 (sound)
A type of plant.
Source: Wiktionary, 藤 (rev. 92959876), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · téng
Same form: 藤 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 藤 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 藤 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin téng 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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