梧桐

Chinese

		Sterculia platanifolia	tung tree
simp. and trad. (梧桐)		梧	桐

梧桐。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wútóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴ tung⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): u⁴ tung
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ǹg-thùng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngù-dùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngô͘-tông / gô͘-tông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵ tong⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ngu-don

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wútóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wútóng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-tʻung²
    • Yale: wú-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wutorng
    • Palladius: утун (utun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴ tung⁴
    • Yale: ǹgh tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: u⁴ tung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ tʰuŋ²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ǹg-thùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngˇ tungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng² tung²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngù-dùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu⁵³⁻³³ ^(t-)luŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘-tông
    • Tâi-lô: ngôo-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngo'doong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘-tông
    • Tâi-lô: gôo-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: go'doong
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ²³⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ¹³⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁵ tong⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô thông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngu-don
    • MiniDict: ngu^去 don
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngu-don
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋu²² doŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ngu duwng

Rime
Character	梧	桐
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	五乎切	徒紅切
Baxter	ngu	duwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo/	/duŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo/	/duŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo/	/duŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ/	/dəwŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋo/	/duŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋu/	/duŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuo/	/dʱuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	tóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng4	tung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaː  doːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梧	桐
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13144	12449
Phonetic component	五	同
Rime group	魚	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	吾	同
Old Chinese	/*ŋaː/	/*doːŋ/

Noun

梧桐

1. (～樹) Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex)

   • 南方有鳥，其名為鵷鶵，子知之乎？夫鵷鶵發於南海而飛於北海，非梧桐不止，非練實不食，非醴泉不飲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     南方有鸟，其名为鹓𬸅，子知之乎？夫鹓𬸅发于南海而飞于北海，非梧桐不止，非练实不食，非醴泉不饮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Nánfāng yǒu niǎo, qí míng wéi yuānchú, zǐ zhī zhī hū? Fú yuānchú fā yú Nánhǎi ér fēi yú Běihǎi, fēi wútóng bùzhǐ, fēi liànshí bùshí, fēi lǐquán bùyǐn. [Pinyin]

     There is in the south a bird, called Yuanchu — do you know it? Starting from the South Sea, it flies to the Northern; never resting but on the wutong, never eating but the fruit of the lian tree, and never drinking but from the purest springs.

2. (～科) Sterculiaceae, now Sterculioideae in Malvaceae

Derived terms

• 半死梧桐
• 大風吹倒梧桐樹，自有旁人說短長／大风吹倒梧桐树，自有旁人说短长
• 梧桐一葉落／梧桐一叶落
• 梧桐半死 (wútóngbànsǐ)
• 梧桐尾
• 梧桐斷角／梧桐断角
• 梧桐木
• 梧桐角
• 法國梧桐／法国梧桐 (fǎguó wútóng)
• 焦梧桐
• 鳳凰飛上梧桐樹／凤凰飞上梧桐树

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (梧桐):

• → Japanese: 梧(ご)桐(とう) (gotō)
• → Korean: 오동(梧桐) (odong)
• → Vietnamese: ngô đồng (梧桐)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
梧	桐
Jinmeiyō	Jinmeiyō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ɡʲiɾʲi]

Noun

梧桐(あおぎり) or 梧桐(アオギリ) • (aogiri) 

1. A tree of species Firmiana simplex

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梧	桐
ご Jinmeiyō	とう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 梧桐 (MC ngu duwng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごとー [gòtóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ご​とー [góꜜtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞to̞ː]

Noun

梧(ご)桐(とう) or 梧桐(ゴトウ) • (gotō) 

1. A tree of species Firmiana simplex