# 梧桐
## Chinese

* 梧桐 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 梧桐科 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wútóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ng$^4$ tung$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): u$^4$ tung
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ǹg-thùng
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngù-dùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ngô͘-tông / gô͘-tông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo$^5$ tong$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ngu-don
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wútóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wútóng
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^2$-tʻung$^2$
*** Yale: wú-túng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wutorng
*** Palladius: утун (utun)
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ng$^4$ tung$^4$
*** Yale: ǹgh tùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ng$^4$ tung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ng$^4$ tung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ̍²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: u$^4$ tung
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵ tʰuŋ²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ǹg-thùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: ng$^ˇ$ tung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ng$^2$ tung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngù-dùng
*** Sinological IPA : /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: ngo$^5$ tong$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô thông
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ngu-don
*** MiniDict: ngu$^去$ don
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ngu-don
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋu²² doŋ⁴⁴/
* 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 | ng$^4$ | tung$^4$ |
* 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
* (～樹) Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex)
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd 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.
* (～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

* → 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 |
| あお Jinmeiyō | ぎり Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spelling
* 青桐
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “青(あお) (ao) + 桐(きり) (kiri)?”

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a̠o̞ɡʲiɾʲi]

#### Noun

梧(あお)桐(ぎり) or 梧桐(アオギリ) • (aogiri)
* Chinese parasol tree, 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 –)
* IPA: [ɡo̞to̞ː]

#### Noun

梧(ご)桐(とう) or 梧桐(ゴトウ) • (gotō)
* Chinese parasol tree, Firmiana simplex

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN