桂

桂 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木土土 (DGG), four-corner 4491₄, composition ⿰木圭)

• 𠺺, 溎, 𥉯, 蓕, 𭵣

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 525, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14755
• Dae Jaweon: page 913, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1193, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6842

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷeːs): semantic 木 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

桂

1. osmanthus; sweet osmanthus
2. cassia; Chinese cinnamon

   • 蒙舍蠻以椒、薑、桂和烹而飲之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蒙舍蛮以椒、姜、桂和烹而饮之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7

     Méngshè Mán yǐ jiāo, jiāng, guì hé pēng ér yǐn zhī. [Pinyin]

     The Mengshe Barbarians use pepper, ginger, and cinnamon to boil as a drink.

3. true cinnamon; Saigon cinnamon; Indonesian cinnamon
4. laurel; bay laurel
5. of or relating to Guilin, Guangxi, or the region of the Gui River
6. a surname

• “桂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “桂”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 157.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. the katsura, the Japanese Judas tree
2. the cinnamon or cassia tree
3. the sweet osmanthus tree

• Go-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
• Kun: かつら (katsura, 桂)、めかつら (mekatsura, 桂)
• Nanori: か (ka)、かつ (katsu)、よし (yoshi)

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 香 (ka, “fragrance, good smell”) +‎ 出 (zu, “to come out, to put something out”) + ら (ra, nominalizing suffix): "that which puts out a good smell", from the way the wood smells good.

• (Tokyo) かつら [kàtsúrá] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨɾa̠]

桂(かつら) or 桂(カツラ) • (katsura) 

1. katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, also called the Japanese Judas tree
2. (Chinese mythology) a tree on the moon, from a Chinese legend that the phases of the moon were caused by Lauraceae trees budding, blossoming, then dropping their flowers and leaves again as if in accelerated seasons

   Synonym: 月桂 (gekkei)

3. julienned raw daikon, used as a garnish for sashimi
4. synonym of 肉桂 (nikkei, “cinnamon or cassia tree”)
5. (by extension) synonym of 桂皮 (keihi, “cinnamon or cassia bark”)

• 桂男(かつらおとこ) (katsura otoko): the katsura man, a character in the Chinese legend who lives on the moon
• カツラ科(カ), 桂(かつら)科(か) (katsuraka): the Cercidiphyllaceae family, containing only the Cercidiphyllum genus, containing only the two species Cercidiphyllum japonicum and Cercidiphyllum magnificum, both commonly called 桂 (katsura)
• 広葉桂(ヒロハカツラ) (hiroha katsura, “broadleaf katsura, Cercidiphyllum magnificum”)

桂(かつら) • (Katsura) 

1. a male given name
2. a surname
3. a neighbourhood on the west bank of the Katsura River in Kyoto

From Old Japanese. Alternative spelling for 女桂 (mekatsura, “female katsura”), an archaic name for the cinnamon tree. Compare 男桂 (okatsura, “male katsura: the katsura tree”), also spelled 楓. Appears with this reading in the 和名類聚抄 (Wamyō Ruijushō), a Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters completed in 938.

• IPA^(key): [me̞ka̠t͡sɨɾa̠]

桂(めかつら) • (mekatsura) 

1. alternative spelling of 女桂 (mekatsura, “cinnamon tree, or other closely related trees in genus Cinnamomum”)

   Synonym: 肉桂 (nikkei)

From Middle Chinese 桂 (kweiH).

• (Tokyo) けー [kéꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ː]

桂(けい) • (kei) 

1. Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia

   Synonyms: 東京肉桂 (tonkin nikkei), 支那肉桂 (shina nikkei), カシア (kashia)

2. common name for various other trees in family Lauraceae
3. (in compounds) 木犀 (mokusei, “sweet osmanthus tree”)

From a Chinese legend that the phases of the moon were caused by kei trees, which would bud, blossom, then drop their flowers and leaves again as if in accelerated seasons.

• IPA^(key): [ke̞ː]

桂(けい) • (kei) 

1. (euphemistic) the moon

   Synonyms: 月 (tsuki), 桂花 (keika)

• 桂(けい)花(か) (keika), 桂華(けいか) (keika): (metaphor) the moon, from a Chinese legend of trees growing on the moon
• 桂(けい)月(げつ) (keigetsu): synonym of 月 (tsuki, “the moon”); the eighth lunar month

Abbreviation of 桂馬 (keima), the knight in 将棋 (shōgi, “Japanese chess”).

• (Tokyo) けー [kèé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) けー [kéꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ː]

桂(けい) • (kei) 

1. (shogi) the knight in 将棋 (shōgi, “Japanese chess”)

   Synonym: 桂馬 (keima)

• 成桂(なりけい) (narikei)

桂 (eumhun 계수나무 계 (gyesunamu gye))

1. hanja form^? of 계 (“cinnamon”)

桂: Hán Nôm readings: quế

桂

1. chữ Hán form of quế (“cinnamon”)