Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level: N1
1651 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree
Kunyomi: かつら
Onyomi: ケイ
Composition: 木 圭
Radical: 木
Meaning: tree
桂 (ケイ) knight
桂林 (ケイリン) katsura forest, beautiful forest
月桂 (ゲッケイ) bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), bay tree, sweet bay, laurel tree, moon, moonlight, katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)
肉桂 (ニッケイ) cinnamon, cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)
桂 (かつら) katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), Japanese Judas tree
桂男 (かつらおとこ) man in the moon
広葉桂 (ひろはかつら) Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)