"사쿠라" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [sʰa̠kʰuɾa̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: sakura [romanization]
Etymology: From Japanese 桜(さくら) (sakura, “cherry blossom”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ko|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|桜|さくら|cherry blossom}} 桜(さくら) (sakura, “cherry blossom”) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 사쿠라 • (sakura)
  1. sakura; cherry blossoms, especially in Japan
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  2. (hanafuda, somewhat dated) the suit of cherry blossoms in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of March Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-사쿠라-ko-noun-ko:hwatu Categories (other): Korean terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 42 36 21
  3. alternative form of 사꾸라 (sakkura, “political spy; fraud”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 사꾸라 (extra: sakkura, “political spy; fraud”) Synonyms (usual form): 벚꽃 (beotkkot)
    Sense id: en-사쿠라-ko-noun-soMWxVGw Categories (other): Korean terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 42 36 21 Disambiguation of 'usual form': 14 10 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 1월 (irwol), 2월 (iwol), 3월 (samwol), 4월 (sawol), 5월 (owol), 6월 (yuwol), 송학솔 (sol) (alt: 松鶴), 매조매화 (maejo) (alt: 梅鳥; 梅花, maehwa), 벚꽃사쿠라 (sakura), 흑싸리 (heukssari), 난초 (nancho) (alt: 蘭草), 모란목단 (moran) (alt: 牡丹; 牧丹, mokdan), 7월 (chirwol), 8월 (parwol), 9월 (guwol), 10월 (siwol), 11월 (sibirwol), 12월 (sibiwol), 홍싸리 (hongssari), 공산공산명월 (gongsan) (alt: 空山; 空山明月, gongsan-myeong'wol), 국화국준국진 (gukjin) (alt: 菊花), 단풍풍 (danpung) (alt: 丹楓; 楓, pung), 오동똥 (ttong) (alt: 梧桐), (english: bi)
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hanafuda, somewhat dated) the suit of cherry blossoms in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of March"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ko:hwatu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sakkura, “political spy; fraud”",
          "word": "사꾸라"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of 사꾸라 (sakkura, “political spy; fraud”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "사꾸라",
          "사꾸라#Korean"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sʰa̠kʰuɾa̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "사쿠라"
    },
    {
      "other": "[사쿠라]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "beotkkot",
      "sense": "usual form",
      "word": "벚꽃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "사쿠라"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 사쿠라 meaning in Korean (5.3kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: hanafuda, somewhat dated",
  "path": [
    "사쿠라"
  ],
  "section": "Korean",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "사쿠라",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: hanafuda, somewhat dated",
  "path": [
    "사쿠라"
  ],
  "section": "Korean",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "사쿠라",
  "trace": ""
}

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