藤

See also: 籐

藤 U+85E4, 藤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85E4 ← 藣 [U+85E3] CJK Unified Ideographs 藥 → [U+85E5]

Translingual

Han character

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)

1. rattan, cane
2. wisteria (flora)
3. creeper plant

References

• 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

Chinese

trad.		藤/籐
simp.		藤
2nd round simp.		⿱龹小
alternative forms		𣳾 2nd round simp. (1981)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	*l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	*l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	*hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	*ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸	*ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ɯːŋ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 滕 (OC *l'ɯːŋ) – a type of plant.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): téng (teng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thèn
• Eastern Min (BUC): dìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tîn / têng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ding⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶den

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: téng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: téng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻêng²
    • Yale: téng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terng
    • Palladius: тэн (tɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tang⁴
    • Yale: tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tenˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ten²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰen¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîn / têng
    • Tâi-lô: tîn / tîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diin, deeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tin²⁴/, /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin²⁴/, /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin¹³/, /tiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin²⁴/, /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²³/, /tiɪŋ²³/

Note:

• tîn - vernacular;
• têng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ding⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tîng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶den
    • MiniDict: den^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³den
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dən²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dong

Rime
Character	藤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒登切
Baxter	dong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəŋ/
Li Rong	/dəŋ/
Wang Li	/dəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	téng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藤
Reading #	1/1
No.	17121
Phonetic component	朕
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	騰
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːŋ/

Definitions

藤

1. vine
2. cane; rattan
3. a surname: Teng

Compounds

• 一枝藤
• 一條藤兒／一条藤儿
• 丁公藤
• 交藤
• 剡溪藤
• 剡藤
• 壽藤／寿藤
• 寒藤
• 常春藤 (chángchūnténg)
• 引藤
• 扳藤附葛
• 抽藤條／抽藤条
• 攀藤攬葛／攀藤揽葛
• 攀藤附葛
• 斑珠藤
• 月支藤
• 朱藤
• 朱藤杖
• 枯藤
• 枯藤杖
• 桃柳藤
• 榼藤
• 死藤 (sǐténg)
• 死藤水 (sǐténgshuǐ)
• 毦藤
• 沒根藤／没根藤
• 溪藤
• 烏藤／乌藤
• 牋藤／笺藤
• 牽絲扳藤／牵丝扳藤
• 牽絲攀藤／牵丝攀藤
• 瓔珞藤／璎珞藤
• 瓜藤 (guāténg)
• 白藤 (báiténg)
• 科藤
• 簡子藤／简子藤
• 紅葡萄藤／红葡萄藤
• 紅藤／红藤 (hóngténg)
• 紫藤 (zǐténg)
• 胡孫藤／胡孙藤
• 胡蔓藤
• 草藤
• 萪藤
• 葛藤 (géténg)
• 蔞藤／蒌藤
• 蔓藤 (mànténg)
• 藤壺／藤壶 (ténghú)
• 藤子
• 藤實杯／藤实杯
• 藤攀葛繞／藤攀葛绕
• 藤本植物
• 藤杖
• 藤杯
• 藤架
• 藤校 (téngxiào)
• 藤條／藤条 (téngtiáo)
• 藤椅 (téngyǐ)
• 藤牌 (téngpái)
• 藤球 (téngqiú)
• 藤球運動／藤球运动
• 藤田 (Téngtián)
• 藤紙／藤纸
• 藤縣／藤县 (Téngxiàn)
• 藤纏／藤缠
• 藤菜 (téngcài)
• 藤蔓
• 藤蘿／藤萝 (téngluó)
• 藤角紙／藤角纸
• 藤輪／藤轮
• 藤黃／藤黄
• 蚺蛇藤
• 蟠藤親眷／蟠藤亲眷
• 蠻藤／蛮藤
• 詭負葛藤／诡负葛藤
• 諾藤／诺藤
• 豆藤
• 赤藤
• 越藤
• 通關藤／通关藤
• 酒杯藤
• 酸藤
• 釣藤／钓藤
• 鉤藤／钩藤 (gōuténg)
• 鍾藤／钟藤
• 陰藤／阴藤
• 雞屎藤／鸡屎藤
• 雪藤
• 雷公藤
• 順藤摸瓜／顺藤摸瓜 (shùnténgmōguā)
• 馬鞍藤／马鞍藤
• 魚藤／鱼藤
• 鴛鴦藤／鸳鸯藤
• 鷺鷥藤／鹭鸶藤
• 黃藤／黄藤

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	藤
Kyūjitai	藤󠄃 藤+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
	藤󠄇 藤+󠄇? (Hanyo-Denshi)
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Kanji

藤

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• 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)

Compounds

• 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)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
藤
ふじ Grade: S
kun’yomi

藤 (fuji): Japanese wisteria trees near Daizen-ji Temple in Murayama, Fukushima

⟨pudi⟩ → */puⁿdi/ → /ɸud͡ʑi/ → /ɸuʑi/

From Old Japanese 藤 (pudi), from Proto-Japonic *punti.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふじ [fùjí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Noun

藤(ふじ) or 藤(フジ) • (fuji) ^{←ふぢ (fudi) or フヂ (fudi)?}

1. a wisteria, especially the Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda
2. Short for 藤色 (fujiiro): a light lavender color, akin to wisteria flowers
3. a type of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “garment-layering color combination”) with the front a light purple, and the back blue
4. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with designs of Japanese wisteria flowers, leaves, and/or branches
5. (card games) the suit of Japanese wisteria in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of April

   Coordinate terms: 松, 梅, 桜, 藤, 菖蒲, 牡丹, 萩, 芒, 菊, 紅葉, 柳, 桐

Usage notes

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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 藤(ふじ)井(い) (Fujī)
• 藤(ふじ)色(いろ) (fuji-iro)
• 藤(ふじ)夫(お) (Fujio)
• 藤(ふじ)岡(おか) (Fujioka)
• 藤(ふじ)笠(がさ) (fujigasa)
• 藤(ふじ)襲(がさね) (fujigasane)
• 藤(ふじ)葛(かずら) (fujikazura)
• 藤(ふじ)衣(ごろも) (fujigoromo)
• 藤(ふじ)沢(さわ) (Fujisawa)
• 藤(ふじ)島(しま) (Fujishima)
• 藤(ふじ)城(しろ) (Fujishiro)
• 藤(ふじ)瀬(せ) (Fujise)
• 藤(ふじ)棚(だな) (fujidana)
• 藤(ふじ)壺(つぼ) (fujitsubo)
• 藤(ふじ)菜(な) (fujina)
• 藤(ふじ)布(ぬの) (fujinuno)
• 藤(ふじの)裏(うら)葉(ば) (Fuji no Uraba)
• 藤(ふじ)の袂(たもと) (fuji no tamoto)
• 藤(ふじ)灰(ばい) (fujibai)
• 藤(ふじ)袴(ばかま) (fujibakama)
• 藤(ふじ)原(はら) (Fujihara)
• 藤(ふじ)本(もと) (Fujimoto)
• 藤(ふじ)原(わら) (Fujiwara)
• 上(あ)がり藤(ふじ) (agarifuji)
• 箙(エビラ)藤(フジ) (ebirafuji)
• 下(さ)がり藤(ふじ) (sagarifuji)
• 白(しら)藤(ふじ) (shirafuji)
• 土(ど)用(よう)藤(ふじ) (doyō fuji)
• 夏(ナツ)藤(フジ) (natsufuji)
• 野(の)田(だ)藤(ふじ) (Noda fuji)
• 八(やつ)藤(ふじ) (yatsufuji)
• 山(ヤマ)藤(フジ) (yamafuji)

Idioms

• 二(に)鼠(そ)藤(ふじ)を噛(か)む (niso fuji o kamu)

Proper noun

藤(ふじ) • (Fuji) ^{←ふぢ (fudi)?}

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
藤
とう Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 藤 (MC dong).

Affix

藤(とう) • (tō) 

1. wisteria
2. creeper (plant grown by creeping)
3. Short for 藤原 (Fujiwara): Fujiwara clan

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 藤(とう)花(か) (tōka)
• 藤(とう)本(ほん) (tōhon)
• 葛(かっ)藤(とう) (kattō)
• 源(げん)平(ぺい)藤(とう)橘(きつ) (Genpeitōkitsu)
• 蒼(そう)藤(とう) (sōtō)

Proper noun

藤(とう) • (Tō) 

1. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
藤
かつら Grade: S
nanori

Possibly from 桂 (katsura, “katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum”).

Proper noun

藤(かつら) • (Katsura) 

1. a female given name

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 藤 (MC dong). Recorded as Middle Korean 드ᇰ (tung) (Yale: tung) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

藤 (eumhun 등나무 등 (deungnamu deung))

1. Hanja form^? of 등 (“wisteria”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 갈등 (葛藤, galdeung)
• 구등 (鉤藤, gudeung)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *punti.

Noun

藤 (pudi) (kana ふぢ)

1. a wisteria, especially the Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 19, poem 4201:

     伊佐左可爾念而來之乎多祜乃浦爾開流藤見而一夜可經

     isasaka ni omopi₁te ko₂si wo Tako₁-no₂-ura ni sake₁ru pudi mi₁te pi₁to₂yo₁ pe₂nu be₂si

     A little thought came from seeing those blooming wisterias at the bay of Tako... I'll pass by here for one night.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 藤衣 (pudigo₂ro₂mo)
• 藤白 (Pudisiro₁)
• 藤浪 (pudinami₁)
• 藤の花 (pudi no₂ pana)
• 藤袴 (pudibakama)
• 藤原 (Pudipara)
• 藤江の浦 (Pudiye-no₂-ura)
• 藤井 (Pudiwi)
• 藤井の浦 (Pudiwi-no₂-ura)

Descendants

• Japanese: 藤 (fuji)

Vietnamese

Han character

藤: Hán Nôm readings: đằng

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