ザクロ

Written forms

• ザクロUsage28%
  kana-only spelling

  Katakana spelling is the most common written form for this word.

• ざくろUsage32%
• 柘榴Usage31%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • ざくろ

    Kanji form; rarely used in practice. The reading ざくろ is standard.

  • じゃくろ

    out-dated reading
• 石榴Usage9%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • ざくろ

    Alternate kanji form; also read as せきりゅう in some contexts, but ざくろ is the common reading for this spelling.

  • せきりゅう

    rarely-used kana form

    Rare reading of the kanji form 石榴; primarily used in historical or specialized contexts.
• じゃくろ
  out-dated reading

  Obsolete kana spelling; not used in modern Japanese.

• せきりゅう
  rarely-used kana form

Etymology

The word is of uncertain origin, possibly derived from a foreign language. The kanji forms 柘榴 and 石榴 are Chinese borrowings, but the Japanese reading ざくろ does not directly correspond to the expected on'yomi.