Word Meaning 樺桜

かばざくら kabazakura

樺桜 is read as かばざくら (kabazakura) and means Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana).

Meaning

English

  1. Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana)
  2. any cherry tree with birch-like bark
  3. ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry

Reading

Kana

かばざくら

Romaji

kabazakura

Writing Variants

  • 樺桜 かにわざくら kaniwazakura
  • 蒲桜 かにわざくら kaniwazakura
  • 蒲桜 かばざくら kabazakura

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 140234 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

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かば

birch (esp. Japanese white birch)

樺太千島交換条約

からふとちしまこうかんじょうやく

Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)

樺細工

かばざいく

cherry bark work

さくら

hired applauder

山桜

やまざくら

mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)

八重桜

やえざくら

double-flowered cherry tree

葉桜

はざくら

cherry tree in leaf

夜桜

よざくら

cherry blossoms at night

義経千本桜

よしつねせんぼんざくら

Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)

一重桜

ひとえざくら

cherry tree bearing single blossoms

大島桜

おおしまざくら

Oshima cherry (Prunus speciosa)

西洋実桜

せいようみざくら

sweet cherry (Prunus avium)