cherry blossom

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cherry blossoms

cherry blossom (plural cherry blossoms)

1. The blossom of the cherry tree.
2. (heraldry) A stylized depiction of the blossom of the cherry tree, as used in Japanese mon.
   • 1976 — W. M. Hawley & Kei Kaneda Chappelear, Mon: The Japanese Family Crest, p. 27

     The cherry blossom was in use in Heian times...For obvious reasons it become the mon of the Sakurai family.

Translations

blossom of the cherry tree

• Burmese: ချယ်ရီပန်း (my) (chèripan:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 櫻花 (cmn), 樱花 (cmn) (yīnghuā)

• French: fleur de cerisier (fr) f
• German: Kirschblüte (de) f
• Hungarian: cseresznyevirág (hu)
• Japanese: 桜 (ja) (さくら, sakura), 櫻 (ja) (kyūjitai, old spelling), サクラ (ja) (katakana, alternative spelling)

• Khmer: លំអងសេរីហ្ស (km) (lum’ɑɑng seerəyzaa)
• Korean: 벚꽃 (ko) (beotkkot)
• Romanian: floare de cireș (ro) f
• Russian: вишнёвый цвет (ru) (višnjóvyj cvet) m, цветение (ru) (cveténije) n, сакура (ru) (sákura) f (sakura)
• Vietnamese: hoa anh đào (vi)

heraldic charge

• Japanese: 桜 (ja) (さくら, sakura), 櫻 (ja) (kyūjitai, old spelling), サクラ (ja) (katakana, alternative spelling)

See also

• sakura