桜井

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桜	井
さくら Grade: 5	い Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
櫻井 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さく​らい [sàkúꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠i]

Proper noun

桜(さくら)井(い) • (Sakurai) ^{←さくらゐ (sakurawi)?}

1. Sakurai (a city and neighborhood of Nara Prefecture, Japan)
2. Sakurai (neighborhoods in Japan):
   1. A neighborhood of Komaki, Aichi Prefecture.
   2. A neighborhood of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture.
   3. The neighborhoods of Minoo and Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture.
   4. A neighborhood of Yōrō, Gifu Prefecture.
   5. The neighborhoods of Kisarazu and Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture.
   6. A neighborhood of Saku, Nagano Prefecture.
   7. A neighborhood of Shima, Fukuoka Prefecture.
3. a surname

Descendants

• → Chinese: 櫻井／樱井 (Yīngjǐng)
• → English: Sakurai