分銅桜

Japanese

分銅桜: the fundōzakura family crest

Kanji in this term
分	銅	桜
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

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふんどーざ​くら [fùńdóó záꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̃ᵝndo̞ː d͡za̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

分(ふん)銅(どう)桜(ざくら) • (fundōzakura) 

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