桜

桜 (radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木火女 (DFV), composition ⿰木⿱⺍女)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 526, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14796
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1207, character 5
• Unihan data for U+685C

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 櫻)

1. cherry tree
2. cherry blossom

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kun: さくら (sakura, 桜, Jōyō)

桜（桜木） cherry tree	桜（桜花） cherry blossom
桜（木材） cherry wood	桜（桜皮） cherry bark
桜（桜色） cherry blossom pink	桜（桜肉） "cherry meat" (horsemeat)
桜（天保一分銀） cherry blossom coin	桜（桜湯） cherry blossom tea
桜（花札） cherry blossom suit

From Old Japanese,[1] first attested in the Kojiki, the oldest extant historical record of ancient Japan, compiled in 712 CE.

Originally derived from 咲く (saku, “to bloom, burst open”) + 等 (-ra, nominalizing and pluralizing suffix).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さくら [sàkúrá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

桜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 櫻, hiragana さくら, katakana サクラ, rōmaji sakura)

1. a cherry tree, more specifically the Japanese cherry (Prunus serrulata)
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 16, poem 832)

     深草 (ふかくさ)の野 (の)辺 (べ)の桜 (さくら)し心 (こころ)あらば今年 (ことし)ばかりは墨染 (すみぞめ)に咲 (さ)け

     Fukakusa-no-nobe no sakura shi kokoro araba kotoshi bakari wa sumizome ni sake

     oh cherry trees of Fukakusa Field[,] if you truly have a heart this year[,] at least[,] you'll be dressed in blossoms dyed in inky black.[3]

   Synonym: 桜木 (sakuragi)

   Hypernym: 薔薇 (bara)

2. a cherry blossom
   • 1086, Goshūi Wakashū (book 1, poem 120; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 73)

     高砂 (たかさご)のをのへの桜 (さくら)咲 (さ)きにけり外 (と)山 (やま)のかすみ立 (た)たずもあらなむ

     Takasago no onoe no sakura saki ni keri toyama no kasumi tatazu mo aranan

     The cherries on Takasago peak have come into bloom; may the haze not rise on the outer slopes.[4]

   Synonym: 桜花 (ōka, sakurabana)

3. cherry wood
4. cherry bark

   Synonym: 桜皮 (sakuragawa)

5. Short for 桜色 (sakura-iro): a pink color, the color of cherry blossoms
6. Short for 桜襲, 桜重 (sakura-gasane): a layered style of wearing kimono with one layer in the sakura-iro color
7. Short for 桜肉 (sakura niku): horsemeat

   from the flesh's pinkish color

   Synonym: 馬肉 (baniku)

8. Synonym of 天保一分銀 (Tenpō ichibugin): a rectangular silver coin issued during the Tenpō era (1830-1844), so called for its cherry blossom pattern; worth one-quarter of a 両 (ryō)

   Synonym: 額銀 (gakugin)

9. in the Kansai region, a class of prostitute in the red-light district
10. Short for 桜湯 (sakurayu): sakura tea
11. the suit of cards in a hanafuda deck that show the cherry blossom, representing the month of March
12. the middle of the dorsal fin of a fish
13. (theater, historical) during the Edo Period, a special box or balcony seat for a hired applauder, someone requested to cheer on the performers
14. (slang) a shill, capper, or come-on working for a store, auction, or even a swindle, who is paid to attract customers or marks
15. (slang) an ear
16. Short for 桜炭, 佐倉炭 (Sakura-zumi): a high-quality 炭 (sumi, “charcoal”) made in 佐倉 (Sakura, Chiba Prefecture), using 桜 as ateji for 佐倉

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as サクラ.

• English: sakura
• Kavalan: sakula

• 木材 (もくざい) (mokuzai, “wood, timber, lumber”)
• 花札 (はなふだ) (hanafuda, “flower cards”, a type of Japanese card deck and game)
• 背 (せ)鰭 (びれ) (sebire, “dorsal fin”)

桜 (hiragana さくら, rōmaji Sakura)

1. a female given name
2. a place name
3. a surname
4. a piece of koto music, often entitled Sakura Sakura in English

   桜 (さくら)　桜 (さくら)　弥生 (やよい)の空 (そら)は　見 (み)渡 (わた)す限 (かぎ)り　[...]

   sakura sakura yayoi no sora wa miwatasu kagiri...

   (please add an English translation of this example)

5. a piece of music played at the start of 平曲 (Heikyoku, retelling of The Tale of the Heike with 琵琶 (biwa) lute accompaniment)

• Sakura song

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From Middle Chinese 櫻 (MC ʔˠɛŋ).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ː]

桜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 櫻, hiragana おう, rōmaji ō, historical hiragana あう)

1. cherry tree; cherry blossom