藤

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

• 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

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

藤

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

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• 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)

• 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)

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.

• (Tokyo) ふじ [fùjí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑi]

藤(ふじ) • (fuji) ^{←ふぢ (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

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.

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

藤(ふじ) • (Fuji) ^{←ふぢ (fudi)?}

1. a female given name
2. a surname

From Middle Chinese 藤 (MC dong).

藤(とう) • (tō) 

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

藤(とう) • (Tō) 

1. a surname

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

藤(かつら) • (Katsura) 

1. a female given name

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

Wikisource 藤 (eumhun 등나무 등 (deungnamu deung))

1. Hanja form^? of 등 (“wisteria”).

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

From Proto-Japonic *punti.

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.

• Japanese: 藤 (fuji)

藤: Hán Nôm readings: đằng

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