桜桃

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 桜桃 – see 櫻桃 (“cherry; reddish mouth of a beautiful girl”).
(This term, 桜桃, 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 ʔˠɛŋ dɑu, literally “cherry; cherry tree + peach; peach-shaped fruit”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

桜(おう)桃(とう) • (ōtō) ←あうたう (autau)?

  1. the western cherry tree, also known as the wild cherry, Prunus avium
  2. the fruit of the western cherry tree
  3. the Chinese cherry tree, Prunus pseudocerasus
  4. the fruit of the Chinese cherry tree
  5. the Nanking cherry tree, also known as the downy cherry, Prunus tomentosa
  6. the fruit of the Nanking cherry tree
  7. (figurative) a beautiful woman
  8. (figurative) the lips of a beautiful woman
Synonyms
  • (western cherry tree: wild cherry): 西(せい)洋(よう)美(み)桜(ざくら) (seiyō mizakura)
  • (Chinese cherry tree): 支(し)那(な)美(み)桜(ざくら) (shina mizakura)
  • (Nanking cherry tree: downy cherry): 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)

Noun

桜(さくら)桃 or 桜(さくら)桃 • (sakuranbō or sakuranbo) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 桜ん坊 (sakuranbō, “cherry”).[2]

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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