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桜 means 'cherry tree'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1329   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-18    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 45 words   Used in 101 words   Used in 1248 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   オウ
Kun
   さくら cherry tree
Additional readings
On    ヨウ
Name    さ   ろう
Variants
櫻   樱 (Chinese)  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 桜 - click the badge to download
Discover what cherry blossoms have meant to the Japanese. See how the blossoms connect to war, learning what "You and I are cherry blossoms that bloomed in the same year" means. Find out ways of consuming the blossoms for real or euphemistically. And learn to say, "The cherry blossoms fluttered down whenever the wind blew" and "The cherry blossoms were at their best."
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Components
⿰  木 tree  ⿱  ⺍ (小) small  女 woman; female  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 桜 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 桜 is used 77 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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オウ : 8 words FIND ALL
お う か 1
noun
cherry blossom
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さくら : 30 words FIND ALL
さ く ら 0
noun
1. cherry tree; cherry blossom
2. decoy; fake buyer; shill  (also 偽客)
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さくら (read as ざくら) : 39 words FIND ALL
は ざ く ら 2
noun
cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves
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An additional 8 less common words include 桜 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 653 (originally: 1036)  Joy o' Kanji : 1036  Key to Kanji: 62 

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桜
オウ   さくら cherry tree   
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⺍
small
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
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