Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
cherry
Kun:
さくら
On:
オウヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1237 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 桜花 【オウカ】 cherry blossom
  • 桜花学園大学 【オウカガクエンダイガク】 Ohkagakuen University
  • 観桜 【カンオウ】 cherry blossom viewing

Kun reading compounds

  • 桜 【さくら】 cherry tree, cherry blossom, fake buyer, paid audience, shill, seat filler, hired applauder, horse meat
  • 桜花 【おうか】 cherry blossom
  • 左近の桜 【さこんのさくら】 cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 ろう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying1
Korean:
aeng

Spanish

  • cerezo
  • flor de cerezo

Portuguese

  • cerejeira

French

  • cerisier du Japon
653 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1036 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1121 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2256 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1050 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1434 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1373 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
928 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
952 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
968 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1087 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1168 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
632 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
842 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1951 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14796P Morohashi
931 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2664 New Nelson (John Haig)
1932 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2082 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
708 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1869 2001 Kanji
4a6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4994.4 Four corner code
4294.4 Four corner code
1-26-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
685c Unicode hex code

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
1303 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1435 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
922 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1475 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
413 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
784 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
927 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
951 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
303 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
413 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
310 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2037 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3554X Morohashi
349 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790 New Nelson (John Haig)
2018 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1240 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3763 2001 Kanji
3d6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
6803.4 Four corner code
1-26-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54b2 Unicode hex code