トウ
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty
2. China; foreign country
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (39 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)
tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica); bloodflower
squash; pumpkin
damn Westerner
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
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
Chinese ink
Chinese ship; ship built in Chinese style; Chinese-style ship; Japanese ship engaged in trade with China (during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
Chinese style
Chinese goods; imported goods
Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryō period)
poetry of the Tang period; Tang poetry
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty
mousseline de laine; mousseline; light woollen fabric
Tang-era Chinese music; tōgaku; style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
var. of taro with long purple stalks
books from China
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
tōmaru (breed of long-crowing fowl from Niigata Prefecture); cylindrical bamboo cage for keeping tōmaru fowl; netting-covered bamboo cage used to transport criminals (Edo period)
Later Tang dynasty (of China; 923-937); Later T'ang dynasty
Chinese brush; writing brush made in China
trident maple (Acer buergerianum)
broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum); glossy privet
tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
star anise (Illicium verum)
high-grade white sugar imported from China