桜

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See also: 櫻 and 樱

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Translingual

Traditional 櫻
Shinjitai 桜
Simplified 樱

Han character

桜 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木火女 (DFV), composition ⿰木⿱⺍女)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 526, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14796
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1207, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+685C

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 桜 – see 櫻 (“cherry”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 櫻).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

桜

Kyūjitai

櫻

Kanji

桜

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 櫻)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
桜
さくら
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻 (kyūjitai)
桜 (sakura): the Japanese cherry tree, Prunus serrulata
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From Old Japanese,[1] first attested in the Kojiki, the oldest extant historical record of ancient Japan, compiled in 712 CE.

Originally derived from 咲く (saku, “to bloom, burst open”) +‎ 等 (-ra, nominalizing and pluralizing suffix). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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  1. a cherry tree, more specifically the Japanese cherry, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.
    Synonym: 桜木 (sakuragi)
    Hypernym: 薔薇 (bara)
  2. Short for 桜花 (sakurabana): a cherry blossom
  3. Short for 桜木 (sakuragi): cherry wood
  4. Short for 桜皮 (sakuragawa): cherry bark
  5. Short for 桜色 (sakura-iro): cherry blossom pink
  6. Short for 桜襲, 桜重 (sakura-gasane): a layered style of wearing kimono with one layer in the sakura-iro color
  7. Short for 桜肉 (sakura niku): horsemeat, from its pinkish color
  8. Short for 桜湯 (sakurayu): cherry blossom tea
  9. Synonym of 天保一分銀 (Tenpō ichibugin): a rectangular silver coin issued during the Tenpō era (1830-1844), so called for its cherry blossom pattern; worth one-quarter of a 両 (ryō)
  10. (card games) the suit of cherry blossoms in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of March
  11. (Kansai) a class of prostitute in the red-light district
  12. the middle of the dorsal fin of a fish
  13. (theater, historical) during the Edo Period, a special box or balcony seat for a hired applauder, someone requested to cheer on the performers
  14. (slang) a shill, capper, or come-on working for a store, auction, or even a swindle, who is paid to attract customers or marks
  15. (slang) an ear
  16. Short for 桜炭, 佐倉炭 (Sakura-zumi): a high-quality 炭 (sumi, “charcoal”) made in 佐倉 (Sakura) in Chiba Prefecture, using 桜 as ateji for 佐倉
Usage notes
Derived terms
Derived terms
Proverbs
Descendants
  • English: sakura
  • Indonesian: sakura
  • Kavalan: sakula
  • Kunigami: 桜 (sakūra)
  • Okinawan: 桜 (sakura)
  • Portuguese: sakura

Proper noun

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  1. a female given name
  2. a placename
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  4. a piece of koto music, often entitled Sakura Sakura in English:
    さくら　さくら　弥生(やよい)の空(そら)は　見(み)渡(わた)す限(かぎ)り...
    sakura, sakura, yayoi no sora wa, miwatasu kagiri...
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  5. a piece of music played at the start of 平曲 (Heikyoku, retelling of The Tale of the Heike with 琵琶 (biwa) lute accompaniment)
See also
  • Sakura song:(file)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
桜
おう
Grade: 5
kan'on
Alternative spelling
櫻 (kyūjitai)

/au/ → /ɔː/ → /oː/

From Middle Chinese 櫻 (MC 'eang).

Affix

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  1. cherry tree
  2. cherry tree that bears edible fruit
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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Okinawan

Etymology

From Japanese 桜 (sakura).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sakuɾa]

Noun

桜(さくら) (sakura) 

  1. a cherry tree

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “サクラ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
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