桜桃

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 桜桃 – see 櫻桃 (“cherry; reddish mouth of a beautiful girl”).
(This term is the second-round simplified form of 櫻桃).
Notes:

Japanese
桜桃 (ōtō, sakuranbō): Japanese cultivated cherries.
Kanji in this term
桜 桃
おう
Grade: 5		 とう
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
櫻桃 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

/autau/ → /ɔːtɔː/ → /oːtoː/

From Middle Chinese 櫻桃 (MC 'eang daw, literally “cherry; cherry tree + peach; peach-shaped fruit”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おーとー [òótóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

桜(おう)桃(とう) • (ōtō) ←あうたう (autau)?

  1. A bird cherry, mazzard cherry, sweet cherry, or wild cherry tree, or gean (Prunus avium), of Europe and western Asia.
  2. fruit of a tree of species Prunus avium
  3. a Chinese sour cherry or Chinese cherry tree (Prunus pseudocerasus)
  4. fruit of a Chinese cherry tree
  5. a Nanking cherry, Korean cherry, or downy cherry tree (Prunus tomentosa)
  6. fruit of a Nanking cherry tree
  7. (figurative) a beautiful woman
  8. (figurative) the lips of a beautiful woman
Synonyms
  • (Prunus avium): 西(せい)洋(よう)美(み)桜(ざくら) (seiyō mizakura)
  • (Prunus pseudocerasum): 支(し)那(な)美(み)桜(ざくら) (shina mizakura)
  • (Prunus tomentosa): 英(ゆすら)桃(うめ) (yusura ume)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
桜 桃
さくら
Grade: 5		 -
Grade: S
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
櫻桃 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 桜桃 – see the following entry.
【桜さくらん坊ぼう】
[noun] (fruit) cherry (mostly used for Japanese cherries)
Alternative spellings
桜んぼ, さくらんぼ, サクランボ
(This term, 桜桃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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