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Kotomora

藤

wisteria

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 500Strokes18

Readings

On'yomi

  • トウ
  • ドウ

Kun'yomi

  • ふじ

Nanori

  • ぞう
  • と
  • ふじゅ

Meaning

藤 centers on the wisteria plant, a climbing vine known for its cascading purple flowers.

Most common words using 藤

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  • 藤ふじ

    wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

  • 葛藤かっとう

    conflict; complication; troubles; discord

  • 藤本とうほん

    climbing trees; liana

  • 藤四郎とうしろ

    amateur; novice; layman

  • 伊藤忠商事いとうちゅうしょうじ

    Itochu Corporation

  • 藤棚ふじだな

    wisteria trellis; wisteria arbor (arbour); wisteria pergola

  • 藤花とうか

    wisteria flower

  • 伊藤忠テクノサイエンスいとうちゅうテクノサイエンス

    Itochu Techno-Science Corporation

  • 伊藤忠燃料いとうちゅうねんりょう

    Itochu Fuel Corporation

  • 伊藤流いとうりゅう

    Itō style; customary order of setting up the board in which pawns are placed before the rook and bishop

  • 佐藤商事さとうしょうじ

    Sato Shoji Corporation

  • 佐藤秀さとうしゅう

    Satohide Corporation

  • 加藤汽船かとうきせん

    Katou Kisen

  • 夏藤なつふじ

    Millettia japonica (species of flowering plant)

  • 安藤建設あんどうけんせつ

    Ando Corporation

  • 宝冠藤花章ほうかんとうかしょう

    Order of the Precious Crown, Wistaria

  • 山藤やまふじ

    silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)

  • 工藤會くどうかい

    Kudō-kai (yakuza group)

  • 庭藤にわふじ

    Chinese indigo (Indigofera decora); summer wisteria

  • 支那藤しなふじ

    Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)

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Etymology

藤 combines the grass radical 艹 with 滕, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to climbing or rising, fitting a vine. The exact historical development of 滕 is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The top grass radical 艹 suggests a plant, and the bottom 滕 looks like a tangle of vines climbing upward. Picture wisteria vines twisting around a trellis.

Reading mnemonic

For トウ, imagine a wisteria vine growing all the way to the top of a tall tower: tower -> トウ, and the vine reaches the top.