Word Meaning 彼岸桜

ひがんざくら higanzakura

彼岸桜 is read as ひがんざくら (higanzakura) and means double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula).

Meaning

English

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
higan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella)
early-flowering cherry (around the spring equinox)

Reading

Kana

ひがんざくら

Romaji

higanzakura

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 110112 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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彼岸潮

ひがんじお

equinoctial tide

彼岸河豚

ひがんふぐ

panther puffer (Takifugu pardalis)

彼岸

ひがん

Buddhist services during the equinoctial week

彼岸会

ひがんえ

Buddhist services during the equinoctial week

彼岸の入り

ひがんのいり

first day of the equinoctial week

彼岸西風

ひがんにし

westerly wind blowing around the time of the spring equinox

彼岸花

ひがんばな

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)

彼の岸

かのきし

nirvana

江戸彼岸

えどひがん

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)

暑さ寒さも彼岸まで

あつささむさもひがんまで

no heat or cold lasts over the equinox

東彼岸

あずまひがん

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)

しだれ彼岸

しだれひがん

weeping cherry