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桂 (かつら) — Japanese Judas-tree | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji
桂

桂

桂かつら

Japanese Judas-tree

Kanji Nature & Environment KMT9 N110 strokes

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Kun'yomi

かつら

On'yomi

ケイ

Nanori

かつよしか

Japanese Judas-treecinnamon tree

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Concepts using this kanji

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)

moon

knight promotion

promoted knight

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

Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)

man in the moon

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)

fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans)

katsura forest

Gekkeikan (sake manufacturer)

knight

cinnamon (color)

poet laureate

cinnamon

セイロン肉桂

true cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum)

cinnamon

Cassia wine

golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi)

cinnamic acid

crown of laurel

Japanese cinnamon (Cinnamomum japonicum)

agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period)

桂枝茯苓丸

keishibukuryōgan

rotary cutting

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