Word Meaning 銀杏

いちょう ichou

銀杏 is read as いちょう (ichou) and means ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba).

Meaning

English

  1. ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
  2. gingko
  3. maidenhair tree

Reading

Kana

いちょう

Romaji

ichou

Writing Variants

  • 鴨脚樹 いちょう ichou
  • 公孫樹 いちょう ichou
  • 公孫樹 こうそんじゅ kousonju

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

銀杏返

いちょうがえし

ancient Japanese ladies' hairstyle

銀杏歯鯨

いちょうはくじら

ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)

大銀杏

おおいちょう

ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers

銀杏蟹

いちょうがに

Cancer japonicus (species of crab)

大銀杏髷

おおいちょうまげ

ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers

アメリカ銀杏蟹

あめりかいちょうがに

Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister)

銀製

ぎんせい

made of silver

銀河系

ぎんがけい

galactic system

銀幕

ぎんまく

(projection) screen

銀盤

ぎんばん

silver plate

銀行主義

ぎんこうしゅぎ

banking principle

銀行株式取得機構

ぎんこうかぶしきしゅとくきこう

Bank Equity Purchasing Corporation

Example Sentences

3

Ginkgos are large trees.

The gingko is a living fossil.

There's a large gingko tree that's said to be 800 years old inside the grounds of a nearby shrine.