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:
horse
Parts:
horse
Kun:
うまうま-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
639 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 馬車 【バシャ】 coach (horse-drawn), carriage, wagon, cart
  • 馬券 【バケン】 betting ticket, betting slip
  • 白馬 【ハクバ】 white horse, unrefined sake
  • 騎馬 【キバ】 horse riding, horseback riding, horseback rider

Kun reading compounds

  • 馬 【うま】 horse, horse racing, promoted bishop, knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
  • 馬車 【ばしゃ】 coach (horse-drawn), carriage, wagon, cart
  • 白馬 【はくば】 white horse, unrefined sake
  • 竹馬 【たけうま】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse
  • 馬克 【マルク】 mark (currency)
  • 馬尼剌 【マニラ】 Manila (Philippines)
  • 白馬 【はくば】 white horse, unrefined sake
  • 竹馬 【たけうま】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse

Readings

Japanese names:
た、 ばん、 め、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ma3
Korean:
ma

Spanish

  • caballo

Portuguese

  • Cavalo

French

  • cheval
127 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
210 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
191 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
512 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5191 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
142 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1015 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1257 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
283 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
283 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
484 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1912 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4086 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2073 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2809 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1997 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44572 Morohashi
3296 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6725 New Nelson (John Haig)
1978 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2132 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
199 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3450 2001 Kanji
10a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-4 SKIP code
4-10-1 SKIP code
7132.7 Four corner code
1-39-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99ac Unicode hex code