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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

桜花

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

• (Tokyo) お​ーか [óꜜòkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːka̠]

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])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ba̠na̠]

Noun

桜(さくら)花(ばな) • (sakurabana) 

1. a cherry blossom