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Kotomora

桑

mulberry

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソウ

Kun'yomi

  • くわ

Nanori

  • こ

Meaning

桑 centers on the mulberry tree, a plant cultivated for its leaves which feed silkworms.

Most common words using 桑

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  • 桑原くわばら

    mulberry field

  • 桑田そうでん

    mulberry plantation

  • 桑くわ

    mulberry (tree)

  • 扶桑ふそう

    divine tree or island east of China; Fusang

  • 扶桑社ふそうしゃ

    Fusosha Publishing

  • 桑子くわこ

    silkworm (Bombyx mori)

  • 桑園そうえん

    mulberry plantation

  • 桑畑くわばたけ

    mulberry field; mulberry plantation

  • 仏桑花ぶっそうげ

    Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis); China rose; shoeblack plant

  • 八丈桑はちじょうぐわ

    Morus kagayamae (species of mulberry)

  • 山桑やまぐわ

    Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis)

  • 扶桑国ふそうこく

    Japan

  • 扶桑教ふそうきょう

    Fuso-kyo (sect of Shinto)

  • 桑原桑原くわばらくわばら

    knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!

  • 桑実胚そうじつはい

    morula

  • 桑年そうねん

    48 years of age

  • 桑摘みくわつみ

    picking mulberry leaves; mulberry-leaf pickers

  • 桑木虱くわきじらみ

    mulberry psyllid (Anomoneura mori)

  • 桑海そうかい

    this world's sudden changes

  • 桑港そうこう

    San Francisco

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Etymology

桑 is a pictograph of a mulberry tree, with the top 叒 representing the branches and leaves and the bottom 木 the trunk and roots.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 叒 looks like layered branches with leaves, and the bottom 木 is a tree. Together they form the mulberry tree.

Reading mnemonic

For ソウ, imagine sewing (ソウ) silk from silkworms that feed on mulberry leaves: sew -> ソウ, and the tree provides the silk.