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桜

Sakura
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingオウ
Kun readingさくら
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 5Level 32

Meanings

  1. sakura
  2. cherry
  3. cherry treeRtK
  1. light pink
  2. fake buyer

Synonyms

桜肉桜色

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · owl · woman (女)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2082

Compound words

夜桜よざくら
cherry blossoms at night
桜皮かば
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
桜の花さくらのはな
cherry blossom flower
桜花おうか
cherry blossom
八重桜やえざくら
double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
姥桜うばざくら
faded beauty
桜色さくらいろ
light pink
桜桃さくらんぼ
cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
桜肉さくらにく
horse meat
桜飯さくらめし
rice boiled with soy sauce and sake
桜鱒さくらます
masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
栂桜つがざくら
mountain heath (Phyllodoce nipponica)
うば桜うばざくら
faded beauty
一重桜ひとえざくら
cherry tree bearing single blossoms
桜んぼさくらんぼ
cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
桜ん坊さくらんぼ
cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
桜前線さくらぜんせん
cherry blossom front
桜並木さくらなみき
row of cherry trees, cherry blossom avenue
青の栂桜あおのつがざくら
Aleutian mountainheath (Phyllodoce aleutica)

Additional Examples

彼は桜の木を切り倒した。
He cut down a cherry tree.tatoeba
彼はその桜の木を切り倒した。
He cut down that cherry tree.tatoeba
日本の桜はまさにイギリスのバラにあたる。
The cherry blossom is to Japan what the rose is to England.tatoeba
東京では、桜が満開だ。
In Tokyo, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Cherry tree. 木 (tree) + ⺍ + 女 — a tree decked with blossoms like a woman with beads.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 桜

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