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桃

桃 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. もも

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「兆」。「もも」を意味する漢語｛桃｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

peach

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トウJHS
Kun (native)
  • ももJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • み
  • もの
Other languages
  • 拼音tao2
  • 한글do
  • Hán-ViệtĐào

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6843

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木兆

Words using this kanji

  • 桃もも（もも）樹木又はそれにつける果実の名。peach (Prunus persica)
  • 桃色ももいろ「ももいろ」参照。pink (colour, color), peach
  • 桃李とうりと。また、桃の花と李の花。 試験官が登用した門下。peach and plum, person of one's recommendation
  • 桃源とうげん俗世間を離れた平和な世界。earthly paradise, Shangri-la
  • 桃花とうか桃の花。peach blossom
  • 桃園ももぞの桃の木を多く植えた庭園や農園。peach orchard
  • 桃尻ももじりsomeone who is bad at horse-riding, fidgety, restless person, shapely buttocks, nicely rounded bottom
  • 桃林とうりんpeach grove, peach garden, peach orchard
  • 桃缶ももかんcanned peaches
  • 桃山ももやまmomoyama
  • 桃源郷とうげんきょう俗世間から離れた別天地。理想郷。earthly paradise, Shangri-la
  • 桃割れももわれhairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach
  • 桃太郎ももたろう日本のおとぎ話のひとつ。また、その主人公の名前。Momotarō (Japanese folk tale and popular hero)
  • 桃の節句もものせっく五節句のひとつ。旧暦三月三日であり上巳とも言う。雛祭りと言う意味で使うことも多い。Doll's Festival (March 3), Peach Festival
  • 桃山時代ももやまじだい桃山城に本拠を置いた豊臣氏が政権を担っていた、安土桃山時代のうち1582年から1603年まで。Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)
  • 桃色遊戯ももいろゆうぎsex play
  • 桃紅柳緑とうこうりゅうりょくbeautiful scenery of spring
  • 桃色鸚哥ももいろいんこgalah (Eolophus roseicapillus), rose-breasted cockatoo
  • 桃李満門とうりまんもんgathering of excellent and capable people
  • 桃太郎の誕生ももたろうのたんじょうThe Birth of Momotaro (book by Yanagita Kunio)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-6
Four Corner
4291.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a6.10
Heisig
251
Nelson
2255