Keyword
cherry tree
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig2082
Old form
Readings
おう
(11%)
Composed of
tree
tiny hairs
woman
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a woman next to a cherry tree, and a bunch of pink petals falling on her head. She's watching the cherry tree and the petals as they flutter in the wind.

(This is an old Japanese tradition called the hanami.)

Used in vocabulary (127 in total)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
cherry blossom (colour, color)
Examples (43 in total)
Cherry blossoms are very beautiful.
This park is famous for its cherry blossoms.
Cherry blossoms last only for a few days, a week at the most.
I love cherry blossom season.
Wow! Cherry blossoms are already blooming.
The cherry trees are in bloom.
The cherry trees are about to blossom.
Sakura is a smart student.
Cherry blossoms are considered a symbol of Japan.
This temple is famous for its cherry blossoms.
By the time you get home, all the cherry blossoms will have fallen.
Cherry trees are planted along the street.
It's too early in the year for cherry blossoms to be out.
The cherry blossoms will be out in April.
The cherry blossoms will come out earlier than usual.
This year the cherry blossoms are coming out a little later than usual.
This week the cherry blossoms in the park are in full bloom.
In Tokyo, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom.
The cherry trees are in full blossom.
The cherry trees are in full bloom now.
The cherry blossoms are in full bloom.
The cherry blossoms are at their best in April.
There used to be a big cherry tree in the garden.
There are as many as two hundred cherry trees in this park.
Tom took a picture of Mary standing under the cherry tree.
There's an old cherry tree in the garden.
There's a big cherry tree in the garden.
There's a cherry tree in the garden.
The cherry trees are in full bloom.
Yoshino is a place famous for its cherry blossoms.
He cut down that cherry tree.
Cherry trees are now in bloom in Washington.
I came to look at the cherry blossoms.
We went to see the cherry blossoms along the river.
The row of cherry blossom trees planted along the river was very beautiful.
There used to be a big cherry tree behind my house.
The cherry blossoms are at their best now.
The cherry blossoms were at their best.
The cherry blossoms at Ueno are at their best now.
The cherry blossoms are at their best.
All the cherry trees in the park are in full bloom.
I like cherries better than strawberries.