cherry blossoms

Small flowers of the cherry tree (sakura). Usually pink and often seen falling/scattered as petals.

In anime, they symbolize spring, the fleeting nature of life, youth, affectionate or gentle characters.

Not to be confused with plum blossoms. Cherry blossoms have a slit/cleft at the tip, plum blossoms have round tips.

Examples

Left to right: plum, peach, cherry

See also

• Cherry blossom print
• Weeping cherry blossoms
• Hanami
• Pink theme
• Sakuramon
• MXY-7 Ohka

External links

• Wikipedia: Cherry blossom
• What is the Difference Between Plum and Cherry Blossom?

The following tags are aliased to this tag: cherry_blossom, cherry_trees, and sakura_blossoms (learn more).