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桐

paulownia
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingトウ、ドウ
Kun readingきり
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. paulowniaRtK
  1. paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa)
  2. empress tree
  3. foxglove tree

Homonyms

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Same reading (きり)
霧 · fog切り · end

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · same · monks · hood (冂) · one (一) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 216

Compound words

桐材きりざい
paulownia wood
桐油とうゆ
tung oil
梧桐あおぎり
Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex)
青桐あおぎり
Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex)
総桐そうぎり
made entirely of paulownia wood
飯桐いいぎり
Idesia polycarpa
油桐あぶらぎり
Japanese tungoil tree (Vernicia cordata)
桐一葉きりひとは
falling paulownia leaf signaling the beginning of autumn (fall)
桐花大綬章とうかだいじゅしょう
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers
桐朋学園大学とうほうがくえんだいがく
Toho Gakuen School of Music
桐朋学園大学院大学とうほうがくえんだいがくいんだいがく
Toho Gakuen Graduate School

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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