桂

Japanese Judas-tree

Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingケイ

Kun readingかつら

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

japanese Judas-treeRtK
桂子の両親は彼女を説き伏せて彼とのデートを思いとどまらせた。Keiko's parents talked her out of dating him.tatoeba
月桂冠大倉記念館Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museumwiki
cinnamon tree

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
japanese Judas tree

Radicals and components

Radical木tree

Components

How it's built

桂

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Japanese Judas tree · tree (木) · wood (木) · ivy · square jewel · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 210

Compound words

桂庵けいあん

agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period)

桂冠けいかん

crown of laurel

桂馬けいま

桂皮けいひ

桂林けいりん

月桂げっけい

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)

肉桂にっけい

月桂冠げっけいかん

月桂樹げっけいじゅ

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)

広葉桂ひろはかつら

Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)

桂冠詩人けいかんしじん

桂枝茯苓丸けいしぶくりょうがん

keishibukuryōgan

Additional Examples

車両基地：桂車庫

Rolling stock base: Katsura depotwiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 桂

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step