noun

  1. rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
桜餅 さくらもち

Contained Kanji Breakdown

cherry
さくら オウ ヨウ (5th, N1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
mochi rice cake
もち ヘイ ヒョウ (11th)
eat, food, eat radical (no. 184)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い リョウ ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
put together
ヘイ ヒョウ あわ.せる (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)