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: 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, OC *l'ɯːŋ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 滕 (OC *l'ɯːŋ) – a type of plant.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tîn - vernacular;
  • têng - literary.
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
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
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
Derived terms from 藤

Japanese
Shinjitai 藤
Kyūjitai
[1][2]
藤󠄃
藤+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
藤󠄇
藤+󠄇?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
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Kanji
藤

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

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).

Pronunciation

Noun

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
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
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 dəŋ).

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

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

References
  1. 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1864 (paper), page 984 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
  2. 1927, 新漢和辭典 (Shin Kanwa Jiten, “The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1057 (paper), page 541 (digital), Ōsaka: 松雲堂 (Shōundō)
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 藤 (MC dəŋ). 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

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

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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