JLPT N1 · 10 strokes
Kanji 桜: "cherry"
The kanji 桜 means "cherry". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read オウ, ヨウ in on'yomi and さくら in kun'yomi.
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
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
オウヨウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さくら
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
| Meaning | cherry |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 1237 of 2,501 |
Common words with 桜
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 桜cherry tree; cherry blossom; sakura · light pink
- 桜色light pink; pale pink; cherry blossom pink
- 桜の木cherry tree
- 桜花cherry blossom
- 桜並木row of cherry trees (lining a street)
- 桜ん坊cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
- 葉桜cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves
- 夜桜cherry blossoms at night
- 桜吹雪blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
- 桜餅rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf
- 山桜mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
- 桜貝Nitidotellina nitidula (species of tellin)
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