咲
bloom; blossom
9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1534.
Readings
- さく (kun reading): 咲く (さく) to bloom; 返り咲く (かえりざく) to come back
- ざき (kun reading): 返り咲き (かえりざき) comeback (e.g. in business); 遅咲き (おそざき) blooming late
- ショウ (on reading)
Components
- 口
- 关
- 一 radical one
- 二 radical two
- 人 radical person
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 口 radical mouth
- 大 radical big
Words using 咲
- 咲く (さく) to bloom
- 返り咲く (かえりざく) to come back
- 咲き誇る (さきほこる) to be in full bloom
- 咲き乱れる (さきみだれる) to bloom in profusion
- 花咲く (はなさく) to bloom
- 返り咲き (かえりざき) comeback (e.g. in business)
- 遅咲き (おそざき) blooming late
- 早咲き (はやざき) blooming early
- 狂い咲き (くるいざき) off-season flowering
- 二度咲き (にどざき) second blooming
38 words in all.