Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

1668 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: paulownia

Kunyomi: きり

Onyomi: トウ ドウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

花大綬章 トウカダイジュショウ Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers

トウソ tōso, paste made from paulownia sawdust and wheat starch (used in traditional doll-making, etc.)

アオギリ Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex), Chinese-bottletree, Japanese varnishtree, phoenix-tree

Kunyomi Examples

きり paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa), empress tree, foxglove tree

きりざい paulownia wood

五七 ごしちのきり paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)