とう
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty
2. China; foreign country
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
Indian millet
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
squash; pumpkin
Chinese goods; imported goods
Chinese style
Tang-era Chinese music; tōgaku; style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
winnower; grain fan
mousseline de laine; mousseline; light woollen fabric
tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
China
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
Chinese paper
Chinese ink
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
spruce tree (esp. Picea jezoensis hondoensis, a variety of Ezo spruce)
Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryo period)
poetry of the Tang period; Tang poetry
shishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)
Tang dynasty (China, 618-907); T'ang dynasty
Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
books from China
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
var. of taro with long purple stalks
tang cai (Brassica rapa var. toona)
castor oil plant (Ricinus communis); castor oil bean
Tang shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
Later Tang dynasty (of China; 923-937); Later T'ang dynasty
Okinawan-style fermented tofu
trident maple; acer buergerianum
tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
star anise (Illicium verum)
high-quality sugar imported from China