桐

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1) various trees related to the tung tree (now distinguished as oil-tung ), particularly paulownia

Kanji

 * 1) paulownia

Etymology
From. The tree may have been imported from China prior to the.

The term might be from, from the way that the tree is quick to send out shoots after being cut.

Some sources also speculate that this might be from some term in reference to the desirable grain of this wood. However, is only attested with the reading mokuri, not kiri; also, the term is not attested until the 1830s, before which the Japanese terms for  were  or.

Noun

 * 1)  the paulownia tree,
 * 2)  a  with various designs of paulownia flowers and leaves
 * 3)   the paulownia suit in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of December
 * 4)   a koto
 * from the wood of the paulownia used as the soundboard
 * 1)   money, especially gold coins such as the  and the
 * from the markings of paulownia crests on the coins
 * from the wood of the paulownia used as the soundboard
 * 1)   money, especially gold coins such as the  and the
 * from the markings of paulownia crests on the coins
 * from the markings of paulownia crests on the coins