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桜

桜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「櫻」の略体。「櫻」については櫻#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cherry

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オウHS
  • ヨウ
Kun (native)
  • さくらElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • さ
  • ろう
Other languages
  • 拼音ying1
  • 한글aeng
  • Hán-ViệtTí
  • Hán-ViệtTý

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+685C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木𰋷

Words using this kanji

  • 桜さくらサクラ。バラ科サクラ属の落葉樹、特に春先に咲く花。cherry tree, cherry blossom, sakura, light pink
  • 桜花おうか桜の花。 大日本帝国海軍がに開発した特攻兵器。運搬用の母機から切り離された後、加速しながら滑空し、搭乗員もろとも目標に激突する。cherry blossom
  • 桜ん坊さくらんぼcherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
  • 桜色さくらいろ「さくらいろ」を参照。light pink, pale pink, cherry blossom pink
  • 桜肉さくらにく馬肉の異称。horse meat
  • 桜飯さくらめしrice boiled with soy sauce and sake
  • 桜草さくらそう「さくらそう」の漢字表記。primrose, Siebold's primrose (Primula sieboldii), cherry blossom primrose, Japanese woodland primrose
  • 桜湯さくらゆdrink made of boiled water poured over preserved salted cherry blossoms
  • 桜餅さくらもちさくらもち 参照rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf
  • 桜貝さくらがいNitidotellina nitidula (species of tellin)
  • 桜鱒さくらますmasu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
  • 桜桃おうとうバラ科サクラ属の落葉高木。果実はさくらんぼ。 ユスラウメの別称。cherry (tree; esp. sweet cherry or Nanking cherry)
  • 桜月さくらづき「さくらづき」の漢字表記。third lunar month
  • 桜鍋さくらなべhorse meat hotpot
  • 桜鯛さくらだいcherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea)
  • 桜襲さくらがさねcombination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo)
  • 桜樹おうじゅcherry tree
  • 桜皮おうひcherry tree inner bark
  • 桜人さくらびとcherry blossom viewer, cherry blossom admirer
  • 桜煮さくらにboiled octopus dish

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-6
Four Corner
4994.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a6.15
Heisig
2082
Nelson
2256