桃子

Chinese

peach
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
simp. and trad.
(桃子)

Pronunciation


Noun

桃子

  1. peach
  2. (Wuhan Mandarin, card games) spade ()

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もも
Grade: S

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
杏子
百子
百々子

Etymology

From (もも) (momo, peach) + () (-ko, child, suffix used in female given names).

Alternate spellings are from irregular reading of the kanji (apricot) as もも (momo, peach) and respelling with the unrelated archaic Japanese term (もも) (momo, hundred).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) もこ [móꜜmòkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [mo̞mo̞ko̞]

Proper noun

(もも)() • (Momoko

  1. a female given name