分銅桜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分 銅 桜
ふん
Grade: 2 		どう
Grade: 5 		さくら > ざくら
Grade: 5
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
分銅櫻 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 分銅 (fundō, “weight for a scale”) +‎ 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”). The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふんどーざくら [fùńdóó záꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̃ndo̞ː d͡za̠kɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

分(ふん)銅(どう)桜(ざくら) • (fundōzakura) 

  1. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) in the shape of a 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”), with each petal depicted using the shape of a 分銅 (fundō, “weight for a scale”)
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