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Kanji Detail for 桃 - "peach"

桃

  • Meaning

    桃 means "peach." Also associated with abundance, fruitfulness.

    1. Peach - A deciduous small tree of the Rosaceae family; bears fruit in summer.

  • Words using 桃

    • 胡桃 くるみ Listen walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

  • Four-character idioms with 桃

    • 桃李満門 とうりまんもん Listen gathering of excellent and capable people
    • 桃紅柳緑 とうこうりゅうりょく Listen beautiful scenery of spring
    • 武陵桃源 ぶりょうとうげん Listen earthly paradise; Shangri-la

  • Origin of 桃

    木, the tree, beside 兆, lending the reading tō — 兆 is the crack-pattern of divination, the omen; in Chinese lore the peach is the fruit that wards off evil. Momotarō was born from one for good reason.

    How to remember it: The tree 木 whose fruit reads the omens 兆 and turns the bad ones away — the peach.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 桃

    • Verified meaning: peach
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さくら, ぴんく, もも, ももさき)
    • Also carries these associations: abundance, fruitfulness

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 桃

    Given names 桃(さくら)Listen 桃(ぴんく)Listen 桃(もも)Listen

    Surnames 桃(ももさき)Listen

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  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    momo(もも) もも

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    peach abundance fruitfulness pink blossom fruit sweet juicy

Sentences including 桃

  • Take as many peaches as you like.

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