Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
blossom, bloom
Kun:
さ.く-ざき
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1534 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 巧笑 【コウショウ】 courteous laughter, forced laughter

Kun reading compounds

  • 咲く 【さく】 to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open, to rise up (of breaking waves)

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 さき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • florecer

Portuguese

  • flor
  • florescimento

French

  • fleurir
  • floraison
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3763 2001 Kanji
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1-3-6 SKIP code
6803.4 Four corner code
1-26-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54b2 Unicode hex code