# 藤

| 藤 | U+85E4, &#34276; 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 4423$_2$, composition ⿱艹滕)
* rattan, cane
* wisteria (flora)
* creeper plant

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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
### Glyph origin

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): téng (teng$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ten$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): téng
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): tén
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tang$^4$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): tan$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hang$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ten$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thèn
    (Hailu, HRS): ten
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ten$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): teng$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dìng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ding$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tîn / têng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ding$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): dieng$^5$ / teng$^5$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): dang$^4$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^6$den / $^2$den
** (Jinhua): $^2$den
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): den$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: téng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: téng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: téng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terng
*** Palladius: тэн (tɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɤŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ten$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ten
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰən²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: téng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰəŋ²⁴/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: tén
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): ten$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰə̃²⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tang$^4$
*** Yale: tàhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tang$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: teng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐŋ²¹/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: tan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /haŋ²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ten$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɛn²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèn
*** Hakka Romanization System: ten$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ten$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰen¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ten
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰen⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ten$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰən¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: teng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰəŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dìng
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ding$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîn / têng
*** Tâi-lô: tîn / tîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diin, deeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tin²⁴/, /tiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tin²⁴/, /tiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin¹³/, /tiɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tin²⁴/, /tiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²³/, /tiɪŋ²³/
* tîn - vernacular;
* têng - literary.
* Middle Chinese: dong
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 |
| Baxter | dong |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dəŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dəŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dəŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /dəŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /dəŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱəŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | téng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tang$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːŋ/
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
* vine
* cane; rattan
* a surname, Teng

### Compounds

* 一枝藤
* 一條藤兒 / 一条藤儿
* 丁公藤
* 交藤
* 剡溪藤
* 剡藤
* 壽藤 / 寿藤
* 寒藤
* 常春藤 (chángchūnténg)
* 引藤
* 扳藤附葛
* 抽藤條 / 抽藤条
* 攀藤攬葛 / 攀藤揽葛
* 攀藤附葛
* 斑珠藤
* 月支藤
* 朱藤
* 朱藤杖
* 枯藤
* 枯藤杖
* 桃柳藤
* 榼藤
* 死藤 (sǐténg)
* 死藤水 (sǐténgshuǐ)
* 毦藤
* 沒根藤 / 没根藤
* 溪藤
* 烏藤 / 乌藤
* 牋藤 / 笺藤
* 牽絲扳藤 / 牵丝扳藤
* 牽絲攀藤 / 牵丝攀藤
* 瓔珞藤 / 璎珞藤
* 瓜藤 (guāténg)
* 白藤 (báiténg)
* 科藤
* 簡子藤 / 简子藤
* 紅葡萄藤 / 红葡萄藤
* 紅藤 / 红藤 (hóngténg)
* 紫藤 (zǐténg)
* 胡孫藤 / 胡孙藤
* 胡蔓藤
* 草藤
* 萪藤
* 葛藤 (géténg)
* 蔞藤 / 蒌藤
* 蔓藤 (mànténg)
* 藤壺 / 藤壶 (ténghú)
* 藤子
* 藤實杯 / 藤实杯
* 藤攀葛繞 / 藤攀葛绕
* 藤本植物
* 藤杖
* 藤杯
* 藤架
* 藤校 (téngxiào)
* 藤條 / 藤条 (téngtiáo)
* 藤椅 (téngyǐ)
* 藤牌 (téngpái)
* 藤球 (téngqiú)
* 藤球運動 / 藤球运动
* 藤田 (Téngtián)
* 藤紙 / 藤纸
* 藤縣 / 藤县 (Téngxiàn)
* 藤纏 / 藤缠
* 藤菜 (téngcài)
* 藤蔓
* 藤蘿 / 藤萝 (téngluó)
* 藤角紙 / 藤角纸
* 藤輪 / 藤轮
* 藤黃 / 藤黄
* 蚺蛇藤
* 蟠藤親眷 / 蟠藤亲眷
* 蠻藤 / 蛮藤
* 詭負葛藤 / 诡负葛藤
* 諾藤 / 诺藤
* 豆藤
* 赤藤
* 越藤
* 通關藤 / 通关藤
* 酒杯藤
* 酸藤
* 釣藤 / 钓藤
* 鉤藤 / 钩藤 (gōuténg)
* 鍾藤 / 钟藤
* 陰藤 / 阴藤
* 雞屎藤 / 鸡屎藤 (jīshǐténg)
* 雪藤
* 雷公藤 (léigōngténg)
* 順藤摸瓜 / 顺藤摸瓜 (shùnténgmōguā)
* 馬鞍藤 / 马鞍藤
* 魚藤 / 鱼藤
* 鴛鴦藤 / 鸳鸯藤
* 鷺鷥藤 / 鹭鸶藤
* 黃藤 / 黄藤

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 藤 |
| Kyūjitai | 藤󠄃 藤+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
| Kyūjitai | 藤󠄇 藤+&#xE0107; (Hanyo-Denshi) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: どう (dō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
* Kun: ふじ (fuji, 藤, Jōyō)
* Nanori: かつら (katsura)、つ (tsu)、と (to)、ひさ (hisa)、ふじ (fuji)

#### 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
⟨pudi⟩ → */puⁿdi/ → /ɸud͡ʑi/ → /ɸuʑi/
From Old Japanese 藤 (pudi), from Proto-Japonic *punti.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふじ [fùjí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ʑi]

#### Noun

藤(ふじ) or 藤(フジ) • (fuji)
* a wisteria, especially the Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda
* Short for 藤色 (fujiiro): a light lavender color, akin to wisteria flowers
* a type of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “garment-layering color combination”) of light purple over blue
* a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with designs of Japanese wisteria flowers, leaves, and/or branches
* (card games) the suit of Japanese wisteria in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of April
    Coordinate terms: 松, 梅, 桜, 藤, 菖蒲, 牡丹, 萩, 芒, 菊, 紅葉, 柳, 桐

##### 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

* 藤(ふじ)井(い) (Fujī)
* 藤(ふじ)色(いろ) (fuji-iro)
* 藤(ふじ)夫(お) (Fujio)
* 藤(ふじ)岡(おか) (Fujioka)
* 藤(ふじ)笠(がさ) (fujigasa)
* 藤(ふじ)襲(がさね) (fujigasane)
* 藤(ふじ)葛(かずら) (fujikazura)
* 藤(ふじ)衣(ごろも) (fujigoromo)
* 藤(ふじ)沢(さわ) (Fujisawa)
* 藤(ふじ)島(しま) (Fujishima)
* 藤(ふじ)城(しろ) (Fujishiro)
* 藤(ふじ)瀬(せ) (Fujise)
* 藤(ふじ)棚(だな) (fujidana)
* 藤(ふじ)壺(つぼ) (fujitsubo)
* 藤(ふじ)菜(な) (fujina)
* 藤(ふじ)布(ぬの) (fujinuno)
* 藤(ふじの)裏(うら)葉(ば) (Fuji no Uraba)
* 藤(ふじ)の袂(たもと) (fuji no tamoto)
* 藤(ふじ)灰(ばい) (fujibai)
* 藤(ふじ)袴(ばかま) (fujibakama)
* 藤(ふじ)原(はら) (Fujihara)
* 藤豆(フジマメ) (fujimame)
* 藤(ふじ)本(もと) (Fujimoto)
* 藤擬(フジモド)き (fujimodoki)
* 藤(ふじ)原(わら) (Fujiwara)
* 上(あ)がり藤(ふじ) (agarifuji)
* 箙(エビラ)藤(フジ) (ebirafuji)
* 下(さ)がり藤(ふじ) (sagarifuji)
* 薩摩藤(さつまふじ) (satsumafuji)
* 白(しら)藤(ふじ) (shirafuji)
* 葛藤(つづらふじ) (tsuzurafuji)
* 土(ど)用(よう)藤(ふじ) (doyō fuji)
* 夏(ナツ)藤(フジ) (natsufuji)
* 野(の)田(だ)藤(ふじ) (Noda fuji)
* 八(やつ)藤(ふじ) (yatsufuji)
* 山(ヤマ)藤(フジ) (yamafuji)

##### Idioms

* 二(に)鼠(そ)藤(ふじ)を噛(か)む (niso fuji o kamu)

#### Proper noun

藤(ふじ) • (Fuji)
* a female given name
* a surname

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 藤
* とう Grade: S
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 藤 (MC dong).

#### Affix

藤(とう) • (tō)
* wisteria
* creeper (plant grown by creeping)
* Short for 藤原 (Fujiwara): Fujiwara clan

##### Derived terms

* 藤(とう)花(か) (tōka)
* 藤(とう)本(ほん) (tōhon)
* 葛(かっ)藤(とう) (kattō)
* 源(げん)平(ぺい)藤(とう)橘(きつ) (Genpeitōkitsu)
* 蒼(そう)藤(とう) (sōtō)

#### Proper noun

藤(とう) • (Tō)
* 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)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1864 (paper), page 984 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1057 (paper), page 541 (digital)
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 藤 (MC dong). 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))
* hanja form of 등 (“wisteria”)

#### Compounds

* 갈등 (葛藤, galdeung)
* 구등 (鉤藤, gudeung)

### 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)
* 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 omopi$_1$te ko$_2$si wo Tako$_1$-no$_2$-ura ni sake$_1$ru pudi mi$_1$te pi$_1$to$_2$yo$_1$ pe$_2$nu be$_2$siA little thought came from seeing those blooming wisterias at the bay of Tako... I'll pass by here for one night.

#### Derived terms

* 藤衣 (pudigo$_2$ro$_2$mo)
* 藤白 (Pudisiro$_1$)
* 藤浪 (pudinami$_1$)
* 藤の花 (pudi no$_2$ pana)
* 藤袴 (pudibakama)
* 藤原 (Pudipara)
* 藤江の浦 (Pudiye-no$_2$-ura)
* 藤井 (Pudiwi)
* 藤井の浦 (Pudiwi-no$_2$-ura)

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 藤 (fuji)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

藤: Hán Nôm readings: đằng
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