The kanji 桜: meaning, readings and stroke order
桜
- Meaning
- cherry blossom
- On reading
- オウ ou
- Kun reading
- さくら sakura
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
- Old form
- 櫻
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hoa anh đào (anh)
- Japanese
- さくら。はるに さく はな。
- Korean
- 벚꽃, 벚나무 (앵)
- Chinese
- 樱花 (樱)
Readings, words and example sentences
オウ ou · on reading · less common
桜花
cherry blossoms (a word used in poems)
桜花の 美しさを 歌に します。
People write poems about how beautiful cherry blossoms are.
さくら sakura · kun reading
桜
cherry blossom, cherry tree
公園の 桜が さきました。
The cherry blossoms in the park have bloomed.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.