Moto 桜: CherryKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- オウ、ヨウ
- Kun'yomi
- さくら
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 115 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (オウ・ヨウ)
- 桜花おうかcherry blossom
- 桜桃忌おうとうきanniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide
- 桜樹おうじゅcherry tree
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 桜さくらcherry tree; cherry blossom
- 八重桜やえざくらdouble-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
- 夜桜よざくらcherry blossoms at night
- 山桜やまざくらmountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
- 葉桜はざくらcherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves
- しだれ桜しだれざくらweeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry
- 一重桜ひとえざくらcherry tree bearing single blossoms; single cherry blossoms
- 丁字桜ちょうじざくらclove cherry (Prunus apetala)
- 乙女桜おとめざくらfairy primrose (Primula Malacoides)
- 冬桜ふゆざくらwinter cherry (Prunus parvifolia)
- 初桜はつざくらfirst cherry blossom of the year
- 大島桜おおしまざくらOshima cherry (Prunus speciosa)
- 姥桜うばざくらfaded beauty
- 宇和水桜うわみずざくらJapanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana); Gray's bird cherry
- 実桜みざくらcherry tree with edible fruit (esp. sweet cherry or Nanking cherry); cherry (fruit)
- 富士桜ふじざくらFuji cherry (Prunus incisa)
- 寒桜かんざくらPrunus kanzakura (species of winter-blooming cherry tree)
- 寒緋桜かんひざくらTaiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
- 小桜インコこざくらインコrosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)
- 峰桜みねざくらJapanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica)
- 嶺桜みねざくらJapanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica)
- 左近の桜さこんのさくらcherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)
- 庭桜にわざくらChinese bush cherry (Prunus glandulosa); Chinese plum
- 彼岸桜ひがんざくらhigan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella); early-flowering cherry (around the spring equinox)
- 徒桜あだざくらephemeral cherry blossom; easily scattered cherry blossom
- 支那実桜しなみざくらChinese sour cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus)
- 枝垂れ桜しだれざくらweeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry
- 栂桜つがざくらmountain heath (Phyllodoce nipponica)
- 桜えびさくらえびsakura shrimp (Sergia lucens)
- 桜でんぶさくらでんぶpink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink
- 桜の木さくらのきcherry tree
- 桜まじさくらまじsoutherly wind that blows when the cherry trees are in bloom
- 桜みそさくらみそmiso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar
- 桜んぼさくらんぼcherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
- 桜並木さくらなみきrow of cherry trees (lining a street)
- 桜井鉱さくらいこうsakuraiite
- 桜人さくらびとcherry blossom viewer; cherry blossom admirer
- 桜切る馬鹿梅切らぬ馬鹿さくらきるばかうめきらぬばかprune your plum trees, but not your cherry trees
- 桜前線さくらぜんせんcherry blossom front
- 桜味噌さくらみそmiso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar
- 桜咲くさくらさくto pass an exam
- 桜島大根さくらじまだいこんSakurajima daikon (the largest variety of radish in the world)
- 桜散るさくらちるto fail an exam
- 桜月さくらづきthird lunar month
Other readings
- 桜ん坊さくらんぼcherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
- 上不見桜うわみずざくらJapanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana); Gray's bird cherry
- 上溝桜うわみずざくらJapanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana); Gray's bird cherry
- 匂桜においざくらcherry tree with fragrant flowers
- 垂れ桜しだれざくらweeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry
- 山桜桃ゆすらうめNanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa); downy cherry
- 常盤桜ときわざくらround leaved primula (Primula obconica); primrose
- 枝垂桜しだれざくらweeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry
- 桜んぼうさくらんぼcherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
- 桜エビさくらえびsakura shrimp (Sergia lucens)
- 桜吹雪さくらふぶきblizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
- 桜桃さくらんぼcherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
- 桜海老さくらえびsakura shrimp (Sergia lucens)
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