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櫻
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷
樱
🇨🇳
桜
🇯🇵

cherry

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Plants →Trees
yīng
オウ、ヨウ
さくら
앵
Components
Traditional (櫻)
木 tree+ 嬰 baby =
櫻 cherry
木 Meaning component
mù tree
tree
嬰 Phonetic component
baby
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Simplified (樱)
木 tree+ 婴 bother =
樱 cherry
木 Meaning component
mù tree
tree
婴 Phonetic component
yīng bother
baby, infant
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Japanese (桜)
木 tree =
桜 cherry
木
木
tree
𰋷
𰋷
Notes
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
桜
Regular
Modern
Chinese
樱 / 櫻 [yīng]
cherry
Japanese
桜 さくら 、 サクラ 同音

noun

  1. cherry tree; cherry blossom
  2. usually kana fake buyer; paid audience; shill; seat filler (usu. サクラ; also written as 偽客)
  3. usually kana hired applauder
  4. colloquial horse meat
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
満開をチョイ過ぎた感はありましたが、それでも、美しい桜を満喫してきました。
They seem a little past their peak, but even so we enjoyed the beautiful cherry blossoms.
Japanese Names
桜 おう
Ou female given name
桜 さく
Saku female given name
桜 さくら
Sakura place namesurnamefemale given name
桜 さくらさき
Sakurasaki surname
桜 さら
Sara female given name
桜 ちえり
Chieri female given name
櫻 さくら
Sakura female given namesurname
櫻 さくらざき
Sakurazaki surname
櫻 たかざくら
Takazakura surname
CHINESE WORDS (14)
樱桃 [yīng​táo] #6,564
cherry
樱花 [yīng​huā] #17,452
oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom
樱井 [Yīng​jǐng] #64,884
Sakurai (Japanese surname and place name)
弃樱 [qì​yīng]
abandoned baby
樱岛 [Yīng​dǎo]
Sakurajima, an active volcano in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
樱桃园 [Yīng​táo​yuán]
The Cherry Orchard, a play by Chekhov 契訶夫|契诃夫[Qì​hē​fū]
樱桃小口 [yīng​táo​xiǎo​kǒu]
see 櫻桃小嘴|樱桃小嘴[yīng​táo​xiǎo​zuǐ]
樱桃小嘴 [yīng​táo​xiǎo​zuǐ]
lit. cherry mouth (idiom)
樱桃小番茄 [yīng​táo​xiǎo​fān​qié]
see 聖女果|圣女果[shèng​nǚ​guǒ]
樱桃萝卜 [yīng​táo​luó​bo]
summer radish (the small red kind)
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JAPANESE WORDS (106)
⭐ 桜 [さくら] #3,417
cherry tree
桜色 [さくらいろ] #14,661
cherry blossom (colour, color)
桜の木 [さくらのき] #23,408
cherry tree
⭐ 桜花 [おうか] #29,915
cherry blossom
桜並木 [さくらなみき] #37,733
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
葉桜 [はざくら] #47,647
cherry tree in leaf
夜桜 [よざくら] #48,835
cherry blossoms at night
桜吹雪 [さくらふぶき] #50,037
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms
樺 [かば] #57,518
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
桜餅 [さくらもち] #62,013
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
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