咲 – blossom, bloom

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1534 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 咲 means blossom, bloom. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さ.く、-ざき (saku, zaki). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	さ.く	saku
Kun’yomi	-ざき	zaki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・人・大・二・并・一.

Words using 咲

咲くさくto bloom

Example sentences

これらの花は春に咲く。

These flowers bloom in spring.

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Kanji with the same radical

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