桃
peach
Readings
On'yomi
- トウ
Kun'yomi
- もも
Nanori
- み
- もの
Meaning
桃 centers on the peach fruit, including the tree and its blossoms.
Most common words using 桃
20 of 63- 桃ももN1
peach (Prunus persica)
- 胡桃くるみ
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
- 桃太郎ももたろう
Momotarō (Japanese folk tale and popular hero)
- 桃色ももいろ
pink (colour, color); peach
- 白桃はくとう
white peach
- 桃園ももぞの
peach orchard
- 桃の節句もものせっく
Doll's Festival (March 3); Peach Festival
- 扁桃へんとう
almond
- 桃尻ももじり
someone who is bad at horse-riding
- 桃花とうか
peach blossom
- 桃源郷とうげんきょう
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
- 桃李とうり
peach and plum
- 扁桃腺へんとうせん
tonsil
- 桃源とうげん
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
- 桜桃おうとう
cherry (tree; esp. sweet cherry or Nanking cherry)
- 苔桃こけもも
lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea); cowberry
- しだれ桃しだれもも
weeping peach (Prunus persica var. pendula)
- 信濃胡桃しなのぐるみ
common walnut (Juglans regia); Persian walnut; English walnut
- 唐桃からもも
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
- 夾竹桃きょうちくとう
oleander; Nerium oleander var. indicum; rosebay
Study
Etymology
桃 combines 木 (tree) with 兆, which likely contributes the sound. The character refers to the peach tree and its fruit.
Meaning mnemonic
A tree 木 with a sign of abundance 兆: imagine a peach tree heavy with ripe fruit.
Reading mnemonic
For トウ, picture a peach tree growing at the toe of a hill: toe -> トウ, and the tree is laden with peaches.