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樱

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cherry

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Strokes
15
Radical
木 +11
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
櫻
Common rank
#2,680
Unicode
U+6A31

Formation & memory

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How 樱 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 婴 sound ( yīng )

Components 木 婴

How to remember it

cherry · Heisig RSH #1567

婴 baby + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 樱

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
马拉斯奇诺樱桃 mǎ lā sī jī nuò yīng táo maraschino cherry
樱花国 Yīng huā guó (slang) Japan
樱桃小口 yīng táo xiǎo kǒu see 櫻桃小嘴|樱桃小嘴[ying1 tao2 xiao3 zui3]
樱桃小嘴 yīng táo xiǎo zuǐ lit. cherry mouth (idiom); fig. a delicate, ruby-lipped mouth
樱花草 yīng huā cǎo primrose
红樱枪 hóng yīng qiāng ancient spear-like weapon, decorated with a red tassel
大樱桃 dà yīng táo sweet cherry
樱花妹 yīng huā mèi (coll.) Japanese girl
樱花 yīng huā oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom; also known…
樱岛 Yīng dǎo Sakurajima (active volcano in Kagoshima, Japan)
樱桃园 Yīng táo yuán The Cherry Orchard, a play by Chekhov 契訶夫|契诃夫[Qi4 he1 fu1]
樱桃萝卜 yīng táo luó bo small red radish
樱井 Yīng jǐng Sakurai (Japanese surname and place name)
樱桃番茄 yīng táo fān qié cherry tomato
樱桃 yīng táo cherry
野樱莓 yě yīng méi chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 婴 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
婴 sound part yīng baby, infant; to bother
鹦 yīng parrot
缨 yīng tassel, ribbon; to bother, to annoy
璎 yīng a necklace made of precious stones
嘤 yīng onomatopoetic, a bird call; to seek friends
撄 yīng to offend, to oppose, to run counter to
瘿 yǐng swelling, goiter