Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

1237 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: cherry

Kunyomi: さくら

Onyomi: オウ ヨウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

桃(おうとう)   cherry

(さくら)   cherry tree or blossom, decoy

ん坊(さくらんぼ)   cherry

(やまざくら)   wild cherry tree or blossoms

八重(やえざくら)   double-flowered cherry tree

Onyomi Examples

オウカ cherry blossom

花爛漫 オウカランマン riot of cherry blossoms

カンオウ cherry blossom viewing

Kunyomi Examples

さくら cherry tree, cherry blossom, fake buyer, paid audience, shill, seat filler, hired applauder, horse meat

おうか cherry blossom

左近の さこんのさくら cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)