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