Kanji N2

咲: blossom, bloom

咲 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning blossom, bloom, written with 9 strokes. It is read ショウ (on) and さく (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 咲く (さく, to bloom) and 返り咲き (かえりざき, comeback).

咲

Meanings

  • blossom
  • bloom
Strokes9
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1534 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • さく
  • -ざき

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 9. Start at the dot.

Common words with 咲

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 咲くさく

    to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

    JLPT N5
  • 返り咲きかえりざき

    comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement

  • 遅咲きおそざき

    blooming late; flowering late; blossoming late

  • 早咲きはやざき

    blooming early; flowering early

  • 咲き誇るさきほこる

    to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.