桑
桑 — Mulberry
mulberry
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiくわ (kuwa)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 桑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桑田 | そうでん souden | mulberry plantation |
| 桑原 | くわばら kuwabara | mulberry field |
| 桑 | くわ kuwa | mulberry (tree) |
| 桑畑 | くわばたけ kuwabatake | mulberry field; mulberry plantation |
| 扶桑 | ふそう fusou | divine tree or island east of China; Fusang; Japan |
Study notes
桑 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1650 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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