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桜花
Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 5

Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻花 (kyūjitai)

From Sinitic 櫻花樱花 (yīnghuā).

(おう)() (ōkaあうくわ (aukwa)?

  1. a cherry blossom
Kanji in this term
さくら
Grade: 5
はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻花 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Compound of (sakura, cherry tree) +‎ (hana, blossom, flower). The hana changes to bana due to rendaku (連濁).

(さくら)(ばな) (sakurabana

  1. a cherry blossom
  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN