桜

桜 U+685C, 桜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-685C
← 桛
[U+685B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 桝 →
[U+685D]

Translingual

Traditional 櫻
Shinjitai 桜
Simplified 樱

Han character

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

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 526, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14796
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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, 桜, 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)

  1. cherry tree
  2. cherry blossom

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

桜（桜木）
cherry tree
桜（桜花）
cherry blossom
桜（木材）
cherry wood
桜（桜皮）
cherry bark
 
桜（桜色）
cherry blossom pink
桜（桜肉） "cherry meat" (horsemeat)
桜（天保一分銀）
cherry blossom coin
桜（桜湯）
cherry blossom tea
桜（花札）
cherry blossom suit
Kanji in this term
桜
さくら
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

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).

Pronunciation

Noun

桜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 櫻, hiragana さくら, katakana サクラ, rōmaji sakura)

  1. a cherry tree, more specifically the Japanese cherry (Prunus serrulata)
    • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 16, poem 832)
      深草 (ふかくさ)の野 (の)辺 (べ)の桜 (さくら)し心 (こころ)あらば今年 (ことし)ばかりは墨染 (すみぞめ)に咲 (さ)け
      Fukakusa-no-nobe no sakura shi kokoro araba kotoshi bakari wa sumizome ni sake
      oh cherry trees of Fukakusa Field[,] if you truly have a heart this year[,] at least[,] you'll be dressed in blossoms dyed in inky black.[3]
    Synonym: 桜木 (sakuragi)
    Hypernym: 薔薇 (bara)
  2. a cherry blossom
    Synonym: 桜花 (ōka, sakurabana)
  3. cherry wood
  4. cherry bark
    Synonym: 桜皮 (sakuragawa)
  5. Short for 桜色 (sakura-iro): a pink color, the color of cherry blossoms
  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 the flesh's pinkish color
    Synonym: 馬肉 (baniku)
  8. 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)
    Synonym: 額銀 (gakugin)
  9. in the Kansai region, a class of prostitute in the red-light district
  10. Short for 桜湯 (sakurayu): sakura tea
  11. the suit of cards in a hanafuda deck that show the cherry blossom, representing the month of March
  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, Chiba Prefecture), using 桜 as ateji for 佐倉

Usage notes

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Proper noun

桜 (hiragana さくら, rōmaji Sakura)

  1. a female given name.
  2. a place name
  3. a piece of koto music, often entitled Sakura Sakura in English
    桜 (さくら)　桜 (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...
    (please add an English translation of this example)
  4. 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)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ Laurel Rasplica Rodd; Mary Catherine Henkenius (1996) Kokinshū: A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (C & T Asian literature series; C & T Asian languages series), reprint edition, Cheng & Tsui, →ISBN, page 288
  4. ↑ Princess Shikishi; Hiroaki Sato (1993) String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi (A publication of the School of Hawaiian, Asian & Pacific studies; SHAPS library of translations), illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 77
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