桐

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tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)

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Strokes: 10
Radical: 木 +6
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 桐
Common rank: #2,273
Unicode: U+6850

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Formation & memory

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How 桐 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 同 sound ( tóng )

Components 木同

How to remember it

paulownia · Heisig RSH #1571

木 tree + monks

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 桐

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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]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 同 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
同 sound part	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