Kanji Detail for 桐 - "paulownia, tree, noble"

桐

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
桐 means "paulownia, tree, noble."
1. Paulownia - A deciduous tree used for fine furniture.
2. Kiri - A tree associated with the phoenix.
3. Koto - A stringed instrument made from paulownia.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

paulownia

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

name applied various trees

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

Chinese wood-oil tree, Vernicia fordii

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A tree name. There are several kinds. One is 白桐 (paulownia), with rough white bark, leaves a foot wide, round fruit, wood usable for zithers, house pillars, and baskets, does not attract insects. One is 梧桐 (Chinese parasol tree), with straight trunk, palm-shaped leaves, fruit that splits open when ripe like leaves with seeds at the edges, edible. One is 荏桐 (tung oil tree), also called oil tung, with large round fruit that can be pressed for oil, which is tung oil. One is 海桐 (sea tung), with large thorns on the bark, also called thorn tung.
Onyomi

doh(どう)

to(と)
Kunyomi

kiri(きり)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
paulownia kiri tree wood furniture koto phoenix noble refined quality craft instrument music elegant Japanese traditional chest cabinet fine artistic