The kanji 桃 represents "peach." It primarily signifies the fruit of the peach tree and, by extension, can also refer to the peach tree itself. The character often carries associations of beauty, health, and sometimes even immortality, drawing on cultural and mythological references.

・On-yomi (音読み): トウ (tou) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): もも (momo)

⚫︎ 桃 (momo) Translation: Peach ⚫︎ 桃色 (momo iro) Translation: Peach color; pink ⚫︎ 桃の節句 (momo no sekku) Translation: Doll's Festival (Girls' Day), held on March 3rd. The word 桃 (momo)is used in reference to the peach blossoms, which are associated with this festival.

The kanji 桃 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). The left side of the character, 木 (ki), is the radical and represents "tree". The right side, 兆 (chou or shou), provides the phonetic element and suggests the sound of the character. Therefore, 桃 originally depicted the fruit growing on a tree.