Meaning
cherry
On'yomi
オウ · ヨウ
Kun'yomi
さくら
Common compounds (8)
- 桜 サクラhired applauder
- 桜花 さくらばなcherry blossom
- 桜んぼう さくらんぼうcherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
- 桜皮 かにわbirch (esp. Japanese white birch)
- 八重桜 やえざくらdouble-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
- 山桜 ヤマザクラmountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
- 葉桜 はざくらcherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves
- 夜桜 よざくらcherry blossoms at night