桜餅
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 桜 | 餅 |
| さくら Grade: 5 |
もち Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 櫻餠 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”) + 餅 (mochi, “rice cake”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Noun
桜餅 • (sakura mochi)
- sakura mochi: mochi flavored with pickled sakura blossoms, and with an 餡 (an, “sweet bean paste”) filling; traditionally served for 雛祭り (Hinamatsuri, “Girls' Day”) on 3 March
References
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 桜 read as さくら
- Japanese terms spelled with 餅 read as もち
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters