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桐: paulownia

paulownia
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Readings

On
トウ・ドウ
Kun
きり

Read きり for the tree and its light wood. The on-yomi トウ is rare, as in 桐油 (tung oil).

Key words

桐きりpaulownia
桐箱きりばこpaulownia-wood box
桐油とうゆtung oil
青桐あおぎりChinese parasol tree

Example sentences

The paulownia tree in our garden grew big and bloomed with purple flowers in early summer.

My grandmother keeps her precious kimono stored in a paulownia-wood box.

To keep out the rain, people used to coat paper raincoats with tung oil.

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