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桂 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木土土 (DGG), four-corner 44914, composition ⿰木圭)

simp. and trad. 桂

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| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | | 街 | *kreː, *kreː | | 鞋 | *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː | | 娾 | *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ | | 佳 | *kreː | | 鮭 | *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː | | 涯 | *ŋreː, *ŋre | | 崖 | *ŋreː, *ŋre | | 啀 | *ŋreː | | 厓 | *ŋreː | | 捱 | *ŋreː | | 睚 | *ŋreːs | | 娃 | *qreː | | 洼 | *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː | | 哇 | *qreː, *qʷraː | | 胿 | *ɡeː, *kʷeː | | 溎 | *qeːns | | 觟 | *ɡʷraːʔ | | 黊 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː | | 蘳 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe | | 蛙 | *qʷraː, *qʷreː | | 窪 | *qʷraː | | 卦 | *kʷreːs | | 挂 | *kʷreːs | | 掛 | *kʷreːs | | 詿 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs | | 罣 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs | | 絓 | *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs | | 鼃 | *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː | | 圭 | *kʷeː | | 珪 | *kʷeː | | 邽 | *kʷeː | | 閨 | *kʷeː | | 袿 | *kʷeː | | 窐 | *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː | | 茥 | *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː | | 桂 | *kʷeːs | | 筀 | *kʷeːs | | 奎 | *kʰʷeː | | 刲 | *kʰʷeː | | 蝰 | *kʰʷeː | | 楏 | *kʰʷeː | | 睳 | *qʰʷeː | | 畦 | *ɡʷeː | | 眭 | *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi | | 烓 | *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ | | 跬 | *kʰʷeʔ | | 恚 | *qʷes | | 硅 | *qʰʷreɡ |

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷeːs) : semantic 木 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

桂

  1. osmanthus; sweet osmanthus
  2. cassia; Chinese cinnamon
  3. true cinnamon; Saigon cinnamon; Indonesian cinnamon
  4. laurel; bay laurel
  5. of or relating to Guilin, Guangxi, or the region of the Gui River
  6. a surname

桂

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. the katsura, the Japanese Judas tree
  2. the cinnamon or cassia tree
  3. the sweet osmanthus tree

Compounds

桂（カツラ): katsura leaves and fruit

Kanji in this term
桂
かつらJinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
楓

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 香 (ka, “fragrance, good smell”) +‎ 出 (zu, “to come out, to put something out”) + ら (ra, nominalizing suffix): "that which puts out a good smell", from the way the wood smells good.

桂(かつら) or 桂(カツラ) • (katsura)

  1. katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, also called the Japanese Judas tree
  2. (Chinese mythology) a tree on the moon, from a Chinese legend that the phases of the moon were caused by Lauraceae trees budding, blossoming, then dropping their flowers and leaves again as if in accelerated seasons
    Synonym: 月桂 (gekkei)
  3. julienned raw daikon, used as a garnish for sashimi
  4. Synonym of 肉桂 (nikkei, “cinnamon or cassia tree”)
  5. (by extension) Synonym of 桂皮 (keihi, “cinnamon or cassia bark”)

桂(かつら) • (Katsura)

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname
  3. A neighbourhood on the west bank of the Katsura River in Kyoto

桂（めかつら) mekatsura (Cinnamomum) leaves and fruit

Kanji in this term
桂
めかつらJinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
女桂

From Old Japanese. Alternative spelling for 女桂 (mekatsura, “female katsura”), an archaic name for the cinnamon tree. Compare 男桂 (okatsura, “male katsura: the katsura tree”). Appears with this reading in the 和名類聚抄 (Wamyō Ruijushō), a Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters completed in 938.

桂(めかつら) • (mekatsura)

  1. Alternative spelling of 女桂 (mekatsura, “cinnamon tree, or other closely related trees in genus Cinnamomum”)
    Synonym: 肉桂 (nikkei)
Kanji in this term
桂
けいJinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 桂 (kweiH).

桂(けい) • (kei)

  1. Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia
    Synonyms: 東京肉桂 (tonkin nikkei), 支那肉桂 (shina nikkei), カシア (kashia)
  2. common name for various other trees in family Lauraceae
  3. (in compounds) 木犀 (mokusei, “sweet osmanthus tree”)

Derived terms

Kanji in this term
桂
けいJinmeiyō
on'yomi

From a Chinese legend that the phases of the moon were caused by kei trees, which would bud, blossom, then drop their flowers and leaves again as if in accelerated seasons.

桂(けい) • (kei)

  1. (euphemistic) the moon
    Synonyms: 月 (tsuki), 桂花 (keika)

将棋の桂: shōgi knight

Kanji in this term
桂
けいJinmeiyō
on'yomi

Abbreviation of 桂馬 (keima), the knight in 将棋 (shōgi, “Japanese chess”).

桂(けい) • (kei)

  1. (shogi) the knight in 将棋 (shōgi, “Japanese chess”)
    Synonym: 桂馬 (keima)
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

桂 (eumhun 계수나무 계 (gyesunamu gye))

  1. hanja form? of 계 (“cinnamon”)

桂: Hán Nôm readings: quế

桂

  1. chữ Hán form of quế (“cinnamon”).