桜花

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 桜花 – see 櫻花 (“cherry blossom; sakura”).
(This term is the second-round simplified form of 櫻花).
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
桜 花
おう
Grade: 5 		か
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻花 (kyūjitai)

From Sinitic 櫻花 / 樱花 (yīnghuā).

Pronunciation

Noun

桜(おう)花(か) • (ōka) ←あうくわ (aukwa)?

  1. a cherry blossom
Derived terms
  • 桜花爛漫(おうからんまん) (ōka ranman): cherry blossoms in full bloom

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
桜 花
さくら
Grade: 5 		はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻花 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さくらばな [sàkúráꜜbànà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ɾa̠ba̠na̠]

Noun

桜(さくら)花(ばな) • (sakurabana) 

  1. a cherry blossom

References

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