豆桜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豆	桜
マメ Grade: 3	サクラ > ザクラ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
豆櫻 (kyūjitai)

Fuji cherry tree in bloom

Etymology

From 豆(マメ) (mame, “soybean”) + 桜(ザクラ) (zakura, “cherry tree”). The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) マメザクラ [màmézáꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠me̞za̠kɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

豆(マメ)桜(ザクラ) • (mamezakura) 

1. the Fuji cherry tree, Prunus incisa

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as マメザクラ.