桜月

See also: 櫻月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桜	月
さくら Grade: 5	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
櫻月 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 桜 (sakura, “cherry tree, cherry blossom”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).

The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さくら​づき [sàkúráꜜzùkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠zɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

桜(さくら)月(づき) • (sakurazuki) 

1. the third month in the lunar calendar
2. the month when cherry blossoms are in bloom, March

See also

• 弥生(やよい) (yayoi)
• 三月(さんがつ) (sangatsu)