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What’s in a name? Wisteria 藤 ふじ fuji

What’s in a name? This time we have a look at the kanji for wisteria. The Japanese word for wisteria is 藤 ふじ fuji. The word is relatively common in names of people as well as place names. Here is a selection of such names:







However, the kanji 藤 ふじ fuji can also be pronounced as  とう tō and in that way it turns up in names such as: 

By the way, the word 藤 ふじ fuji wisteria has nothing to do with the word for the highest mountain in Japan. Different kanji and different meaning. Just coincidence.