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Kanji for Cherry blossom
The kanji for “cherry blossom” is 桜, read ou and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
cherry blossom
The cherry blossom, the flower of Japan.
Each spring, people gather beneath the blossoms for hanami (flower viewing).
10 strokes On reading オウ、ヨウ (ou, you) Kun reading さくら (sakura) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: cherry
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ou, sakura
In Japan it appears in about 774 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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