桃
peach
10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1784.
Readings
- もも (kun reading): 桃 (もも) peach (Prunus persica); 安土桃山時代 (あづちももやまじだい) Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
- トウ (on reading): 白桃 (はくとう) white peach; 扁桃腺 (へんとうせん) tonsil
- Read as a whole word: 胡桃 (くるみ) walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia); 胡桃油 (くるみあぶら) walnut oil; 胡桃割り人形 (くるみわりにんぎょう) The Nutcracker (ballet by Tchaikovsky)
Components
Words using 桃
- 桃 (もも) peach (Prunus persica)
- 安土桃山時代 (あづちももやまじだい) Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
- 桃色 (ももいろ) pink (colour, color)
- 桃尻 (ももじり) someone who is bad at horse-riding
- 桃園 (ももぞの) peach orchard
- 白桃 (はくとう) white peach
- 扁桃腺 (へんとうせん) tonsil
- 桃花 (とうか) peach blossom
- 扁桃体 (へんとうたい) amygdala
- 桃源 (とうげん) earthly paradise
- 胡桃 (くるみ) walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
- 胡桃油 (くるみあぶら) walnut oil
- 胡桃割り人形 (くるみわりにんぎょう) The Nutcracker (ballet by Tchaikovsky)
51 words in all.