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
Reading: き
Frequency: 1,369
Alternative forms:
桂 (ケイ) knight
桂庵 (ケイアン) agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period), mediator, go-between, flattery, flatterer, Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)
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)