Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree
Kun:
かつら
On:
ケイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1651 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 桂 【ケイ】 knight
  • 桂庵 【ケイアン】 agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period), mediator, go-between, flattery, flatterer, Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)
  • 月桂 【ゲッケイ】 bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), bay tree, sweet bay, laurel tree, moon, moonlight, katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)
  • 肉桂 【ニッケイ】 cinnamon, cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)

Kun reading compounds

  • 桂 【かつら】 katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), Japanese Judas tree
  • 桂男 【かつらおとこ】 man in the moon
  • 広葉桂 【ひろはかつら】 Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)

Readings

Japanese names:
かつ、 よし、 か
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gui4
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • árbol aromático
  • árbol de judas

Portuguese

French

  • gainier japonais
  • arbre de Judée japonais
1158 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2253 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1929 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1102 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2109 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1163 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
629 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
837 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
202 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14755 Morohashi
928 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 New Nelson (John Haig)
198 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
210 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1872 2001 Kanji
4a6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4491.4 Four corner code
1-23-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6842 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 剥製 【ハクセイ】 stuffing, mounting, stuffed animal
  • 剥製術 【ハクセイジュツ】 taxidermy
  • 落剥 【ラクハク】 peeling off, coming off

Kun reading compounds

  • 剥ぐ 【はぐ】 to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark, to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of
  • 剥る 【へずる】 to pilfer, to steal a portion
  • 剥く 【むく】 to peel, to skin, to pare, to hull, to strip, to bare (teeth, fangs), to open wide (eyes)
  • 剥れる 【むくれる】 to become sullen, to sulk, to get angry, to take offense, to be miffed, to be upset, to peel (off), to come off
  • 剥ける 【むける】 to peel off, to come off, to be taken off
  • 剥がれる 【はがれる】 to come unstuck from, to peel off, to come off
  • 剥ぐ 【はぐ】 to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark, to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of
  • 剥げる 【はげる】 to peel off, to come off, to flake off, to be worn off, to fade, to discolor, to discolour
  • 剥がす 【はがす】 to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to disrobe, to deprive of, to detach, to disconnect

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo1, bao1
Korean:
bag

Spanish

Portuguese

French

695 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1427 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1719 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2106 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
496 New Nelson (John Haig)
2145 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1227 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2f8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-2 SKIP code
2210.0 Four corner code
1-39-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5265 Unicode hex code