桂

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 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
 * 1) of or relating to Guilin, Guangxi, or the region of the Gui River

Kanji

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

Compounds

 * : a female given name
 * : a type of sweet traditionally sold in villages in the mountains around Kyōto Prefecture
 * : ayu (sweetfish) caught in the Katsura River in Kyōto
 * : a mediary in an arranged marriage or in a lawsuit; a hiring placement specialist
 * : pseudonym for, a poet during the late
 * : a private anthology of poetry printed towards the end of the
 * : a style of poetry, founded by
 * : the family, containing only the  genus, containing only the two species  and, both commonly called
 * , : the moon, from a Chinese legend of trees growing on the moon
 * : a laurel wreath
 * : a poet laureate
 * : a style of women's head wrapping popular during the, using a long piece of cloth tied in front above the forehead
 * : one of the four
 * , : the inner temple building at the in Kyoto
 * : alternative word for ; the eighth lunar month
 * : a Japanese author, lived 1868-1934
 * : a river in the Chūgoku region of Japan
 * : a traditional Japanese comedian ( performer); the first by this name lived 1894-1943, the second lived 1902-1961
 * : a branch from a cassia, katsura, laurel, or cinnamon tree; a branch from the legendary tree that grows on the moon
 * : alternative word for, a type of mushroom
 * : common name for various trees in family, particularly the cinnamon or cassia trees; a legendary tree growing on the moon; alternative for
 * : alternative word for
 * : stage name for, a performer in Ōsaka, lived 1881-1937
 * : a type of ; a woman selling of katsura ayu and katsura ame in areas around old Kyōto; a prostitute from the village of Katsura near Kyōto; a noblewoman's bridesmaid in ancient Japan
 * : former name of, an important politician in the late and early
 * : concubine of, the third Tokugawa shōgun
 * : cinnamon or cassia bark, as used in cooking;, Japanese cinnamon; a type of mochi confection coated in cinnamon powder
 * : alternative word for, , a type of low-growing anemone
 * : alternative word for, , a type of low-growing anemone



Etymology 1
From. Originally a compound of + : "that which puts out a good smell", from the way the wood smells good.

Noun

 * 1) the katsura tree,, also called the Japanese Judas tree
 * 2) less commonly, the smaller  tree, more specifically called the  or.
 * 3) a tree on the moon, from a Chinese legend that the phases of the moon were caused by  trees budding, blossoming, then dropping their flowers and leaves again as if in accelerated seasons
 * 4) julienned raw daikon, used as a garnish for sashimi
 * 5) alternative word for  or

Derived terms

 * : the katsura man, a character in the Chinese legend who lives on the moon

Proper noun

 * 1) the west bank of the Katsura River in Kyōto
 * 1) the west bank of the Katsura River in Kyōto
 * 1) the west bank of the Katsura River in Kyōto



Etymology 2
From. Alternative spelling for, an archaic name for the cinnamon tree. Compare. Appears with this reading in the, a Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters completed in 938.

Noun

 * 1) the cinnamon tree, or other closely related trees in genus

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1) the cinnamon or cassia tree
 * 2) common name for various other trees in family
 * 3) in China, the  or sweet osmanthus tree

Etymology 4
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.

Noun

 * 1)  the moon

Synonyms




Etymology 5
Abbreviation of, the knight in.

Noun

 * 1) the knight in

Han character

 * 1) cinnamon