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桂

JLPT N1 10 strokes Frequency: #1651

Meanings

Japanese Judas-tree, Cinnamon Tree

Radicals

木

Decomposition

⿰木圭

Etymology

Pictophonetic: tree

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 vertical right-to-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケイ kei

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かつら katsura

Words Using This Kanji

23 words total

Other (20 words)

poet laureate

cinnamon

crown of laurel

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)

月桂冠げっけいかん

laurel wreath

月桂樹げっけいじゅ

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)

肉桂にっけい

cinnamon

月桂げっけい

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)

knight

katsura forest

man in the moon

knight promotion

moon

promoted knight

Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912)

セイロン肉桂セイロンにっけい

true cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum)

桂皮酸けいひさん

cinnamic acid

広葉桂ひろはかつら

Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)

桂花けいか

fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans)

桂花陳酒けいかちんしゅ

Cassia wine

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