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

(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)

⟨pudi⟩ → */puⁿdi/ → /ɸud͡ʑi/ → /ɸuʑi/

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

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

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”) of light purple over blue
4. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with designs of Japanese wisteria flowers, leaves, and/or branches
6. (card games, hanafuda) the suit of wisteria in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of April

   Synonym: 黒豆 (kuromame)

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 (fuji). As a hanafuda term, it is typically written in kanji, as 藤.

• 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).

• IPA^(key): [to̞ː]

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨɾa̠]

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.

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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. [1]

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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