桂

Meaning

桂 centers on aromatic trees: the Japanese Judas-tree (katsura) and the cinnamon tree, both valued for their fragrant wood or bark.

• 桂かつら

  katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

• 桂馬けいま

  knight

• 月桂樹げっけいじゅ

  bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree

• 肉桂にっけい

  cinnamon

• 桂庵けいあん

  agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between

• 月桂冠げっけいかん

  laurel wreath

• セイロン肉桂セイロンにっけい

  true cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum); Ceylon cinnamon tree

• 丹桂たんけい

  golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

• 広葉桂ひろはかつら

  Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)

• 成桂なりけい

  promoted knight

• 月桂げっけい

  bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree

• 月桂冠げっけいかん

  Gekkeikan (sake manufacturer)

• 桂けい

  knight

• 桂冠けいかん

  crown of laurel

• 桂冠詩人けいかんしじん

  poet laureate

• 桂剥きかつらむき

  rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)

• 桂園時代けいえんじだい

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

• 桂成りけいなり

  knight promotion

• 桂月けいげつ

  moon

• 桂林けいりん

  katsura forest; beautiful forest

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