Word Meaning 八朔

はっさく hassaku

八朔 is read as はっさく (hassaku) and means 1st of August (lunar calendar).

Meaning

English

1st of August (lunar calendar)
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku)

Reading

Kana

はっさく

Romaji

hassaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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八重桜

やえざくら

double-flowered cherry tree

八丁

はっちょう

skillfulness

八部衆

はちぶしゅう

the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

八重山椰子

やえやまやし

Satake palm (Satakentia liukiuensis)

八十八箇所

はちじゅうはっかしょ

88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)

八分儀

はちぶんぎ

octant (instrument)

八分儀座

はちぶんぎざ

Octans (constellation)

八方手を尽くす

はっぽうてをつくす

to try all possible means

八大地獄

はちだいじごく

The Eight Greater Hells

八丈方言

はちじょうほうげん

Hachijō dialects

八宗

はっしゅう

the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period

八つ手網

やつであみ

eight-armed scoop net

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