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The Kanji Map

Kanji

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

桂

Radical

Radical: 木

Meaning: tree

Reading: き

Frequency: 1,369

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

木

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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)

Kunyomi Examples

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)

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