桜木
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 桜 | 木 |
| さくら Grade: 5 |
き > ぎ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 櫻木 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 桜 (sakura, “cherry, cherry tree”) + 木 (ki, “tree”).[1][2][3] The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..
The term 桜 (sakura) on its own is ambiguous, and could be used to mean either the tree or the blossom. The addition of 木 (ki, “tree”) makes this distinction clear.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- a sakura tree, the Japanese flowering cherry, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., a species of subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, native to Japan, Korea, and China
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN