桜 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- オウおう · ō
- Kun
- さくらsakura
- Meaning
- cherry tree; cherry blossom
Stroke order
Origin
木 "tree" plus 嬰 "necklace"; a tree whose blossoms hang like a string of beads — hence "cherry tree."
Readings and examples
| Onオウおうō | 桜花おうか観桜かんおう |
|---|---|
| Kunさくらsakura | 桜さくら桜色さくらいろ葉桜はざくら |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 桜色さくらいろ
cherry-blossom pink
- 山桜やまざくら
wild mountain cherry
- 姥桜うばざくら
- 庭桜にわざくら
Example
春に桜の花がひらく。
The cherry blossom opens in spring.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)