桜 – cherry

10 strokesTaught in grade 5#1237 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 桜 means cherry. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is オウ、ヨウ (ou, you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さくら (sakura). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	オウ	ou
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	さくら	sakura

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: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 女・尚・木.

Words using 桜

桜さくらcherry tree

Example sentences

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.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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