桜 — kanji meaning “cherry”
桜
cherry
- Meanings
- cherry
- On'yomi
- オウ (ou)、ヨウ (you)
- Kun'yomi
- さくら
- Name readings
- さ、ろう
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1237 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- yīng
Words with 桜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桜花 | おうか ouka | cherry blossom |
| 八重桜 | やえざくら yaezakura | double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms |
| 夜桜 | よざくら yozakura | cherry blossoms at night |
| 山桜 | やまざくら yamazakura | mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura) |
| 桜木 | さくらぎ sakuragi | cherry tree |
| 葉桜 | はざくら hazakura | cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves |
| 秋桜 | あきざくら akizakura | garden cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus); Mexican aster |
| 桜餅 | さくらもち sakuramochi | rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf |
| 桜田門 | さくらだもん sakuradamon | Sakurada Gate; Sakuradamon; southern gate of the Tokyo Imperial Palace |
| 桜桃 | おうとう outou | cherry (tree; esp. sweet cherry or Nanking cherry) |
| 桜通線 | さくらどおりせん sakuradoorisen | Sakura-dōri Line |
| 観桜 | かんおう kan'ou | cherry blossom viewing |
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