桜 means “cherry blossom”

さくら · sakura

Also: cherry

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

さくら

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

オウ, ヨウ

Taught in grade 5 · 10 strokes

The story

Each spring, all of Japan pauses to witness the fleeting bloom. Sakura remind us that beauty is most precious when it cannot last.

Used in 桜 (sakura, cherry blossom) and 花見 (hanami, cherry blossom viewing)

More from Nature's Poetry

• 嵐 storm
• 霧 fog
• 雨 rain
• 木 tree
• 月 moon
• 日 sun
• 風 wind
• 水 water
• 火 fire
• 山 mountain
• 川 river
• 花 flower

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.