桜餅

Japanese
桜餅 (sakura mochi): Kansai-style sakura mochi.
桜餅 (sakura mochi): Edo-style sakura mochi.
Kanji in this term
桜 餅
さくら
Grade: 5		 もち
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻餠 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”) +‎ 餅 (mochi, “rice cake”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さくら​もち [sàkúráꜜmòchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠mo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

桜(さくら)餅(もち) • (sakura mochi) 

  1. sakura mochi: mochi flavored with pickled sakura blossoms, and with an 餡 (an, “sweet bean paste”) filling; traditionally served for 雛祭り (Hinamatsuri, “Girls' Day”) on 3 March

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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