Onyomi: ショウ · Kunyomi: -ざき, さ.く · Meanings: bloom, blossom
Kanji for bloom, blossom
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咲 is formed from the mouth radical 口 on the left and the character 关 on the right. 口 represents an opening, while 关 carries the idea of opening or spreading. Together, they show something opening outward. From this structure, 咲 came to mean to bloom or blossom, like a flower opening.
咲 shows something opening, meaning to bloom or blossom.
Think of a flower opening like a mouth (口) spreading open. When the petals open outward, the flower blooms — 咲.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 笑い | わらい | laugh, laughter | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 咲く | さく | to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open | common JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 笑う | わらう | to laugh | common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 咲き乱れる | さきみだれる | to bloom in profusion | Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 咲かせる | さかせる | to make bloom | Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 咲きそろう | さきそろう | to be in full bloom | Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 咲き匂う | さきにおう | to be in beautiful full bloom | Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 咲き誇る | さきほこる | to be in full bloom, to blossom in full glory, to be in fullness of bloom | Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 咲き出す | さきだす | to begin to bloom, to come out | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 咲きこぼれる | さきこぼれる | to bloom all over, to bloom in riotous profusion | Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 咲き分け | さきわけ | variegated flowering | Noun |
| 咲き始める | さきはじめる | to begin blooming | Ichidan verb |
| 咲き残る | さきのこる | to bloom late, to remain in bloom | Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 咲き渡る | さきわたる | to bloom over a wide area | Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 咲き初める | さきそめる | to begin to blossom | Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |