桜木

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桜木 (sakuragi): a cherry tree.
Kanji in this term
さくら
Grade: 5
き > ぎ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻木 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (sakura, cherry, cherry tree) +‎ (ki, tree).[1][2][3] The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

The term (sakura) on its own is ambiguous, and could be used to mean either the tree or the blossom. The addition of (ki, tree) makes this distinction clear.

Pronunciation

Noun

(さくら)() (sakuragi

  1. a sakura tree, the Japanese flowering cherry, Prunus serrulata, a species of subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, native to Japan, Korea, and China

Proper noun

(さくら)() (Sakuragi

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN