藤 U+85E4, 藤 ← 藣[U+85E3] CJK Unified Ideographs 藥 →[U+85E5]
藤 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 19 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 18 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, Cangjie input 廿月火水 (TBFE), four-corner 44232, composition ⿱艹滕)
- rattan, cane
- wisteria (flora)
- creeper plant
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 46
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32340
- Dae Jaweon: page 1531, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3321, character 5
- Unihan data for U+85E4
trad. 藤/籐 simp. 藤 2nd round simp. ⿱龹小 alternative forms 𣳾 2nd round simp. (1981)䕨
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l’ɯːŋ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 滕 (OC *l’ɯːŋ) – a type of plant.
藤
- vine
- cane; rattan
- a surname, Teng
Shinjitai 藤 Kyūjitai[1][2] 藤󠄃藤+󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho) 藤󠄇藤+󠄇?(Hanyo-Denshi) The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.See here for details.
(Jōyō kanji)
- Go-on: どう (dō)←どう (dou, historical)
- Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)←とう (tou, historical)
- Kun: ふじ (fuji, 藤, Jōyō)←ふぢ (fudi, 藤, historical)
- Nanori: かつら (katsura)、つ (tsu)、と (to)、ひさ (hisa)、ふじ (fuji)
- 藤(とう)栄(えい) (Tōei)
- 藤(とう)八(はっ)拳(けん) (Tōhakken)
- 藤(とう)兵衛(べえ) (Tōbē)
Kanji in this term 藤 ふじGrade: S kun’yomi
⟨pudi⟩ → */puⁿdi/ → /ɸud͡ʑi/ → /ɸuʑi/
From Old Japanese 藤 (pudi), from Proto-Japonic *punti.
- IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑi]
- (Tokyo) ふじ [fùjí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
藤(ふじ) or 藤(フジ) • (fuji) ←ふぢ (fudi) or フヂ (fudi)?
- a wisteria, especially the Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda
- short for 藤色 (fujiiro): a light lavender color, akin to wisteria flowers
- a type of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “garment-layering color combination”) of light purple over blue
- a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with designs of Japanese wisteria flowers, leaves, and/or branches
- (card games, hanafuda) the suit of wisteria in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of April and the number four Synonym: 黒豆 (kuromame, “black beans”)
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as フジ (fuji). As a hanafuda term, it is typically written in kanji, as 藤.
- 二(に)鼠(そ)藤(ふじ)を噛(か)む (niso fuji o kamu)
Hanafuda suits in Japanese · 花札のスート (hanafuda no sūto) (layout · text) 1月 (ichigatsu) 2月 (nigatsu) 3月 (sangatsu) 4月 (shigatsu) 5月 (gogatsu) 6月 (rokugatsu) 松 (matsu) 梅 (ume) 桜 (sakura) 藤 (fuji)黒豆 (kuromame) 菖蒲 (ayame, shōbu)杜若 (kakitsubata) 牡丹 (botan) 7月 (shichigatsu) 8月 (hachigatsu) 9月 (kugatsu) 10月 (jūgatsu) 11月 (jūichigatsu) 12月 (jūnigatsu) 萩 (hagi)赤豆 (akamame) 芒 (susuki)坊主 (bōzu) 菊 (kiku) 紅葉 (momiji) 柳 (yanagi)雨 (ame) 桐 (kiri)
藤(ふじ) • (Fuji) ←ふぢ (Fudi)?
- a female given name
- a surname
Kanji in this term 藤 とうGrade: S kan’on
From Middle Chinese 藤 (MC dong).
- IPA(key): [to̞ː]
藤(とう) • (tō)
- wisteria
- creeper (plant grown by creeping)
- short for 藤原 (Fujiwara): Fujiwara clan
藤(とう) • (Tō)
- a surname
Kanji in this term 藤 かつらGrade: S nanori
Possibly from 桂 (katsura, “katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum”).
- IPA(key): [ka̠t͡sɨɾa̠]
藤(かつら) • (Katsura)
- a female given name
- “藤”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
From Middle Chinese 藤 (MC dong). Recorded as Middle Korean 드ᇰ (tung) (Yale: tung) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
藤 (eumhun 등나무 등 (deungnamu deung))
- hanja form? of 등 (“wisteria”)
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
From Proto-Japonic *punti.
藤 (pudi) (kana ふぢ)
- a wisteria, especially the Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda
- Japanese: 藤 (fuji)
藤: Hán Nôm readings: đằng
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