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Kanji Detail for 櫻 - "cherry blossom, cherry tree"

櫻

  • Meaning

    櫻 means "cherry blossom, cherry tree."

    1. Cherry blossom - The flower of the cherry tree.

    2. Cherry tree - A deciduous tree with beautiful flowers.

  • Origin of 櫻

    The traditional form of 桜. 木, the tree, beside 嬰 — strung shells 賏 over 女 — which supplies the sound. In China the character named the fruiting cherry; Japan gave it to the blossom. The postwar reform adopted the long-current abbreviation 桜.

    How to remember it: A tree 木 wearing its blossom like a shell necklace 嬰 — the cherry in flower.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: cherry blossom, cherry tree
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さくら, さくらざき, たかざくら)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 櫻

    Given names 櫻(さくら)Listen

    Surnames 櫻(さくらざき)Listen 櫻(たかざくら)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cherry

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cherry, cherry blossom

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    cherry

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cherry, cherry blossom

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Name of a tree. Leaves are deep green with serrated edges. Flowers have five petals, pale red, quite beautiful. Mostly produced in Japan, where it is considered a famous flower. In China, cherry (櫻桃) is a type of cherry tree. The flowers are not very abundant. In early summer, fruits form abundantly, small and deep red. Hence, red lips are commonly called cherry lips (櫻脣).

  • Onyomi

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    oh(オウ) オウ

    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

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    sakura(さくら) さくら

  • Strokes

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    21 strokes

  • Radical

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    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    cherry blossom cherry tree sakura bloom celebration delicate ephemeral flower fragrance hanami japan petals pink spring beautiful

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