分銅桜

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Japanese

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分銅桜: the fundōzakura family crest
Kanji in this term
ふん
Grade: 2
どう
Grade: 5
さくら > ざくら
Grade: 5
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
分銅櫻 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Compound of 分銅 (fundō, weight for a scale) +‎ (sakura, cherry blossom). The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んどーざくら [fùńdóó záꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̃ndo̞ː d͡za̠kɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

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(ふん)(どう)(ざくら) (fundōzakura

  1. a 家紋 (kamon, family crest) in the shape of a (sakura, cherry blossom), with each petal depicted using the shape of a 分銅 (fundō, weight for a scale)