Kanji 咲: "blossom, bloom"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 咲

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 咲さくto bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open · to rise up (of breaking waves)
• 花はなが咲さくto bloom; to blossom · to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated
• 花はなを咲さかせるto enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically · to become successful and well known
• 咲さき誇ほこるto be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
• 咲さき乱みだれるto bloom in profusion
• 返かえり咲ざくto come back; to bloom a second time
• 花はな咲さくto bloom
• 話はなしに花はなを咲さかせるto engage in lively conversation
• 咲さき始はじめるto begin blooming
• 遅おそ咲ざきblooming late; flowering late; blossoming late · being a late bloomer (of an athlete, author, etc.)
• 狂くるい咲ざくto bloom out of season
• 早はや咲ざきearly blooming; early flowering

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