桃 means “peach”

もも · momo

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

もも

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

トウ

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The story

A tree (木) beside 兆, an omen: picture a peach tree heavy with lucky fruit. 桃太郎 burst out of a giant peach to fight the 鬼, and March 3, 桃の節句, the peach festival, is the girls' day of hina dolls.

Used in 桃 (momo, peach), 桃太郎 (momotarou, Peach Boy), and 桃の節句 (momo no sekku, Girls' Day)

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