桜草
Japanese
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Primula_sieboldii1.jpg/250px-Primula_sieboldii1.jpg)
Kanji in this term | |
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桜 | 草 |
さくら Grade: 5 |
そう Grade: 1 |
yutōyomi |
Alternative spelling |
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櫻草 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”) + 草 (sō, “grass”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
桜草 or 桜草 • (sakurasō) ←さくらさう (sakurasau)?
- a primrose, specifically the Japanese primrose, Primula sieboldii
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as サクラソウ.
Derived terms
- 桜草科, サクラソウ科 (sakurasōka): family Primulaceae
References
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 桜 read as さくら
- Japanese terms spelled with 草 read as そう
- Japanese terms read with yutōyomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji