梧桐

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Chinese

Sterculia platanifolia tung tree
simp. and trad.
(梧桐)
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梧桐。

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (7)
Final () (23) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter ngu duwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋuo/ /duŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋuo/ /duŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋo/ /duŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɔ/ /dəwŋ/
Li
Rong
/ŋo/ /duŋ/
Wang
Li
/ŋu/ /duŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋuo/ /dʱuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ng4 tung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13144 12449
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaː/ /*doːŋ/

Noun

梧桐

  1. () Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex)
  2. () Sterculiaceae, now Sterculioideae in Malvaceae

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (梧桐):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あお
Jinmeiyō
ぎり
Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
青桐
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “(あお) (ao) + (きり) (kiri)?”

Pronunciation

Noun

(あお)(ぎり) or 梧桐(アオギリ) (aogiri

  1. Chinese parasol tree, Firmiana simplex

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
とう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 梧桐 (MC ngu duwng).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(とう) or 梧桐(ゴトウ) (gotō

  1. Chinese parasol tree, Firmiana simplex

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN