ザクロ

also: せきりゅう · じゃくろ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

pomegranate

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the fruit or the tree Punica granatum. Commonly written in katakana as ザクロ.

秋あきになると、庭にわのザクロが赤あかく実みのる。
In autumn, the pomegranates in the garden turn red and ripen.
このジュースはザクロの果か汁じゅうを使つかっています。
This juice uses pomegranate juice.

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%
- 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%
- 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
じゃくろ
out-dated reading
Obsolete kana spelling; not used in modern Japanese.
せきりゅう
rarely-used kana form

Kanji

柘wild mulberry
榴pomegranate
石stone

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.

ザクロ