桐
tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,273 U+6850
How 桐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 同 (phonetic, tóng)
How to remember it
paulownia · Heisig RSH #1571
木 tree + monks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 同
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 同 (tóng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同 sound component | tóng | same, similar; together with, alike |
| 洞 | dòng | cave, grotto, hole, ravine |
| 铜 | tóng | copper, bronze |
| 筒 | tǒng | tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo |
| 酮 | tóng | ketone |
| 侗 | tóng | big; ignorant, rude, rustic |
| 峒 | dòng | a mountain in Gansu province |
| 硐 | tóng | cave; chamber; pit |
| 恫 | dòng | fearful, pained, sorrowful |
| 胴 | dòng | the large intestine; the body |
| 茼 | tóng | chrysanthemum; Glebionis coronarium |
| 垌 | dòng | farm, field; used in place names |
Words containing 桐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桐城市 | Tóng chéng Shì | Tongcheng, a county-level city in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4], Anhui |
| 桐乡市 | Tóng xiāng Shì | Tongxiang, a county-level city in Jiaxing City 嘉興市|嘉兴市[Jia1 xing1 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 桐人 | tóng rén | puppet burial object; wooden effigy buried to put a curse on sb |
| 桐城 | Tóng chéng | see 桐城市[Tong2 cheng2 Shi4] |
| 丘成桐 | Qiū Chéng tóng | Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982 |
| 桐柏县 | Tóng bǎi Xiàn | Tongbai, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4], Henan |
| 桐柏山 | Tóng bǎi shān | Tongbai mountain range, the watershed between Huai 淮河 and Han 漢江|汉江 rivers |
| 桐木偶 | tóng mù ǒu | puppet burial object; wooden effigy buried to put a curse on sb |
| 桐油 | tóng yóu | tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer |
| 油桐 | yóu tóng | Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii) |
| 法国梧桐 | fǎ guó wú tóng | plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia) |
| 良桐 | liáng tóng | good Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata) |
| 桐乡 | Tóng xiāng | see 桐鄉市|桐乡市[Tong2 xiang1 Shi4] |
| 刺桐 | cì tóng | Indian coral tree; sunshine tree; tiger's claw; Erythrina variegata (botany) |
| 桐庐县 | Tóng lú Xiàn | Tonglu, a county in Hangzhou City 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 泡桐 | pāo tóng | Paulownia (genus) |
| 桐梓县 | Tóng zǐ Xiàn | Tongzi, a county in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 桐柏 | Tóng bǎi | see 桐柏縣|桐柏县[Tong2 bai3 Xian4] |
| 梧桐科 | wú tóng kē | Sterculiaceae, family of Malvale trees incl. Cacao, Cola and Firmiana |
| 桐庐 | Tóng lú | see 桐廬縣|桐庐县[Tong2 lu2 Xian4] |