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Kanji Detail for 桃 - "peach, fruit, blossom"
桃
- Meaning
桃 means "peach, fruit, blossom."
Peach - A deciduous small tree of the Rosaceae family; bears fruit in summer.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
peach
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
peach; marriage; surname
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
peach
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
peach; marriage; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A fruit tree name. Narrow elongated leaves. Blooms in late spring, mostly in red. Double-petaled varieties are colloquially called 碧桃, in red and white, extremely beautiful. Hence beautiful women are likened to 桃腮 (peach cheeks), 桃靨 (peach dimples), commonly used in poetry. Fruit ripens in summer, round and slightly pointed. Flat ones are colloquially called 蟠桃 (flat peach). Legend says the Queen Mother of the West gave peaches to Emperor Wu of Han, saying they fruit once every three thousand years. From "Inner Biography of Emperor Wu of Han." Now commonly mentioned in birthday wishes. Also ancients believed peach branches ward off evil. Hence old customs used peach talismans to decorate doors. The New Year couplets still retain this custom. Tang dynasty Di Renjie was fond of recommending talent, and it was said "all the peaches and plums under heaven are at your door." From "Comprehensive Mirror." Hence students are called 門牆桃李, based on this. | 桃夭: A poem title in the Zhou Nan section of "Book of Odes," speaking of proper marriage. Later used for a woman getting married, because the poem contains the line "this girl is going home." | Jin dynasty Tao Qian wrote "Record of Peach Blossom Spring," about people of Qin dynasty escaping the world. Now hermits are said to live in a 世外桃源 (Peach Blossom Spring outside the world), based on this. | Ancient people spoke of being 經薄桃花 (affected by peach blossoms). Hence unchaste women came to be described this way. Fortune-tellers speak of 桃花星 (peach blossom star) with the same meaning. | 餘桃 (leftover peach): The story of Mi Zixia of Wei. He found a peach delicious and gave the uneaten portion to the Duke of Wei. From "Han Feizi." Later used as a metaphor for male favorites.
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