桜木

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桜	木
さくら Grade: 5	き > ぎ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
櫻木 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さくらぎ [sàkúráꜜgì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
(Tokyo) さくらぎ [sàkúrágí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ɾa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

桜(さくら)木(ぎ) • (sakuragi)

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

Proper noun

桜(さくら)木(ぎ) • (Sakuragi)

a surname

References

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

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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