Kanji
桜
N1
10 strokes
Grade 5
freq #1237
cherry
On'yomi (音読み)
オウ、 ヨウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
さくら
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
桜花
おうか
cherry blossom
八重桜
やえざくら
double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
山桜
やまざくら
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
匂桜
においざくら
cherry tree with fragrant flowers
犬桜
いぬざくら
Prunus buergeriana (species of flowering cherry)
蝦夷上溝桜
えぞのうわみずざくら
bird cherry (Prunus padus)
寒緋桜
かんひざくら
Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
緋寒桜
ひかんざくら
Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
桜
さくら
cherry tree; cherry blossom
桜ん坊
さくらんぼ
cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
桜味噌
さくらみそ
miso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar
花は桜木、人は武士
はなはさくらぎ、ひとはぶし
the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the warrior first among men
桜切る馬鹿、梅切らぬ馬鹿
さくらきるばか、うめきらぬばか
only an idiot prunes cherry trees and only an idiot does not prune plum trees
桜人
さくらびと
cherry blossom viewer; cherry blossom admirer
桜まじ
さくらまじ
southerly wind that blows when the cherry trees are in bloom
桜散る
さくらちる
to fail an exam
桜鍋
さくらなべ
horse meat hotpot
桜月
さくらづき
third lunar month
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は桜の木（さくらのき）を切り倒（きりたお）した。
He cut down a cherry tree.
彼（かれ）はその桜の木（さくらのき）を切り倒（きりたお）した。
He cut down that cherry tree.
私（わたし）の娘（むすめ）はサクランボや西瓜（すいか）や桃（もも）のような夏（なつ）の果物（くだもの）が好（す）きだ。
My daughter likes summer fruits, such as cherries, watermelons and peaches.
さくらんぼは六月（ろくがつ）か七月（しちがつ）に熟（こな）す。
Cherries are ripe in June or July.