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On-Yomi: チョウ — Kun-Yomi: つた

Koohii stories:

1) [Immacolata] 7-5-2006(166): In the jungle there is a flowery vine called hedera rhombea that attracts humming birds by the dozens. They scoot around the flowers sucking up nectar off the vine.

2) [fuaburisu] 8-1-2006(104): Note : if you'll remember we already have a primitive for "ivy", but it was completely made up from the "square jewel" kanji. The kanji here refers to ivy, or vine, and is used in a particular compound for "Hedera rhombea", which is a type of ivy native to Japan. This vine here produces a lot of flowers, and attracts many small birds, which is sure to cheer up even the most depressed Japanese gardener.

3) [Christoph] 21-2-2007(35): It's strange that you don't often see flowers on vines, that's because those sneaky birds keep swooping in and stealing them!

4) [Talka] 17-9-2007(21): "I heard it through the grapevine" and "a little birdy told me" are actually the same metaphor, linked together by a proverbial flower that's since dropped from both expressions! Or so a bird on a flower grapevine told me…

5) [blaked569] 5-4-2009(8): The flowery vine is the one that birds gather around.

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