Kanji
桂
N1
10 strokes
Grade 9
freq #1651
Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree
On'yomi (音読み)
ケイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かつら
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
桂
けい
knight
丹桂
たんけい
golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)
桂枝茯苓丸
けいしぶくりょうがん
keishibukuryōgan; traditional Chinese medicine prescribed for gynecological disorders
肉桂色
にっけいいろ
cinnamon (color)
桂魚
けつぎょ
mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi); Chinese perch
桂花陳酒
けいかちんしゅ
Cassia wine; osmanthus wine
桂花
けいか
fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans); sweet olive
桂皮酸
けいひさん
cinnamic acid
藪肉桂
やぶにっけい
Japanese cinnamon (Cinnamomum japonicum)
桂園時代
けいえんじだい
Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
桂
かつら
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
広葉桂
ひろはかつら
Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)
セイロン肉桂
セイロンにっけい
true cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum); Ceylon cinnamon tree
桂剥き
かつらむき
rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)
桂成り
けいなり
knight promotion
桂男
かつらおとこ
man in the moon