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N2 9 strokes

blossom, bloom · nở (hoa)

訓 さ(く),-ざき ・ 音 ショウ

Sino-Vietnamese: tiếu

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Originally the character for laughing (tiếu); the Japanese likened a flower opening to a smile, so it came to mean bloom.

At a glance

Sino-Vietnamese
tiếu
On'yomi
ショウ
Kun'yomi
さ(く),-ざき
Strokes
9
JLPT
N2

On'yomi

ショウ

Kun'yomi

さ(く),-ざき
Sino-Vietnamese: tiếu

Stroke order

Practice writing

Stroke data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) — kanjivg.tagaini.net

Radical

Mouth
3 strokes

Related Vocabulary

Example sentences

桜の花が咲いた。 (さくらのはながさいた)

The cherry blossoms have bloomed.