cherry blossom

English

cherry blossoms

Noun

cherry blossom (countable and uncountable, plural cherry blossoms)

1. The blossom or flower of the cherry tree, particularly the Japanese cherry (Prunus serrulata).

   Synonyms: sakura, 🌸

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, page 27:

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

Related terms

• apple blossom
• apricot blossom
• orange blossom
• peach blossom
• plum blossom

 

Translations

blossom of the cherry tree

• Arabic: زَهْرَة كَرَز f (zahra(t) karaz)
• Burmese: ချယ်ရီပန်း (hkyairipan:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 櫻花／樱花 (jing¹ faa¹)

  Mandarin: 櫻花／樱花 (zh) (yīnghuā)

• Dutch: kersenbloesem (nl) m
• Finnish: kirsikankukinta, kirsikankukka (fi)
• French: fleur de cerisier f
• German: Kirschblüte (de) f
• Greek: άνθος κερασιάς n (ánthos kerasiás)
• Hindi: चेरी ब्लॉसम (cerī blŏsam)
• Hungarian: cseresznyevirág (hu), cseresznyevirágzás (hu)
• Icelandic: kirsuberjablóm n
• Italian: fiore di ciliegio m
• Japanese: 桜 (ja) (さくら, sakura), (kyūjitai, old spelling) 櫻 (ja) (さくら, sakura), (katakana alternative spelling) サクラ (ja) (sakura), 桜花 (ja) (おうか, ōka; さくらばな, sakurabana), (kyūjitai, old spelling) 櫻花 (ja) (おうか, ōka; さくらばな, sakurabana)
• Kapampangan: Sarésang mánsampága, Sarésang mámúlaklak,
• Khmer: លំអងសេរីហ្ស (lum’ɑɑng seerəyzaa)
• Korean: 벚꽃 (ko) (beotkkot)
• Persian: شکوفهٔ گیلاس (šokufe-ye gilâs)
• Polish: kwiat wiśni f
• Portuguese: flor de cerejeira f, flor da cerejeira f, sakura f
• Romanian: floare de cireș f
• Russian: вишнёвый цвет m (višnjóvyj cvet), цвете́ние ви́шни n (cveténije víšni), (sakura) цвете́ние са́куры n (cveténije sákury), са́кура (ru) f (sákura)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трешњин цвије̑т m

  Roman: trešnjin cvijȇt m

• Spanish: sakura f, flor de cerezo f, flor del cerezo f
• Swedish: körsbärsblomma (sv) c, körsbärsblom (sv)
• Tagalog: seresang namumalaklak, sakura
• Thai: ซากุระ
• Vietnamese: hoa anh đào

heraldic charge

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

Further reading

• cherry blossom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia