橙
bitter orange
Readings
On'yomi
- トウ
Kun'yomi
- だいだい
Meaning
橙 centers on a specific type of citrus: the bitter orange. Its meaning is narrow and concrete, referring to the fruit or the tree.
Most common words using 橙
- 橙だいだい
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange
- 橙色だいだいいろN1
orange (color, colour)
- 夏橙なつだいだい
natsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai); Japanese summer orange
- 川野夏橙かわのなつだいだい
amanatsu (Citrus natsudaidai); Japanese summer orange; less sour variety of the natsumikan
- 橙皮油とうひゆ
orange-peel oil
- 橙花油とうかゆ
neroli oil (essential oil made from bitter orange flowers)
- 橙赤色とうせきしょく
orange-red; reddish orange; fire red
- 橙酢だいだいず
bitter orange juice (used as a food acid)
- 橙黄色とうこうしょく
orange (colour)
- 薄橙うすだいだい
pale orange (color)
Study
Etymology
橙 combines 木 (tree) with 登, which likely contributes the sound トウ. It originally referred to the bitter orange tree.
Meaning mnemonic
A tree 木 that produces a fruit you might climb up to pick, like climbing 登 a ladder to reach bitter oranges.
Reading mnemonic
For トウ, imagine a bitter orange so sour it makes your toes curl: toe -> トウ, and the tree 木 with the climbing 登 shape is where you found it.