桐 — kanji meaning “paulownia”
桐
paulownia
- Meanings
- paulownia
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)、ドウ (dou)
- Kun'yomi
- きり
- Name readings
- ひさ、き
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1668 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- tóng — Chinese character page
Words with 桐
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大阪桐蔭 | おおさかとういん oosakatouin | Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School (abbr) |
| 桐畑 | きりばたけ kiribatake | field of paulownia trees |
| 梧桐 | あおぎり aogiri | Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree |
| 桐油 | とうゆ touyu | tung oil; (Chinese) wood oil |
| 総桐 | そうぎり sougiri | made entirely of paulownia wood |
| 桐一葉 | きりひとは kirihitoha | falling paulownia leaf signaling the beginning of autumn (fall) |
| 桐材 | きりざい kirizai | paulownia wood |
| 飯桐 | いいぎり iigiri | Idesia polycarpa; idesia |
| 油桐 | あぶらぎり aburagiri | Japanese tungoil tree (Vernicia cordata) |
| 若桐 | わかぎり wakagiri | young paulownia tree |
| 五七桐 | ごしちのきり goshichinokiri | paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf) |
| 桐紋 | きりもん kirimon | paulownia crest |
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