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The Kanji Map

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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: 木 小 女

桜

Radical

Radical: 木

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Reading: きへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

桜桃(おうとう)   cherry

桜(さくら)   cherry tree or blossom, decoy

桜ん坊(さくらんぼ)   cherry

山桜(やまざくら)   wild cherry tree or blossoms

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

Onyomi Examples

桜花 (オウカ) cherry blossom

桜花学園大学 (オウカガクエンダイガク) Ohkagakuen University

観桜 (カンオウ) cherry blossom viewing

Kunyomi Examples

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

桜花 (おうか) cherry blossom

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

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