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

11 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
Variants:
hermitage, retreat
Kun:
いおりいお
On:
アン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2119 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 庵 【イオリ】 hermitage, retreat
  • 庵室 【アンシツ】 hermit's cell, retreat
  • 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)
  • 僧庵 【ソウアン】 priest's hermitage

Kun reading compounds

  • 庵 【いおり】 hermitage, retreat
  • 庵点 【いおりてん】 part alternation mark (symbol indicating the following words are taken from a song or that the person saying the words is singing), Unicode U+303D symbol
  • 庵 【いおり】 hermitage, retreat
  • 庵点 【いおりてん】 part alternation mark (symbol indicating the following words are taken from a song or that the person saying the words is singing), Unicode U+303D symbol

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 い、 いほり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
an1
Korean:
am

Spanish

  • retiro
  • cabaña
  • ermita
  • ermita (de paja)

Portuguese

French

1521 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1506 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3876 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2692 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9369 Morohashi
1623 New Nelson (John Haig)
2056 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2213 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3q8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
0021.6 Four corner code
1-16-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5eb5 Unicode hex code