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Kanji Detail for 桂 - "cinnamon, fragrant, moon"
桂
- Meaning
桂 means "cinnamon, fragrant, moon."
Cinnamon - A general term for fragrant trees.
Moon tree - A legendary tree growing on the moon; hence, the moon itself.
Katsura - A deciduous tree of the katsura family.
Knight - Abbreviation for the shogi piece "keima."
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
Japanese Judas-tree; cinnamon tree
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
cassia or cinnamon
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
cassia, cinnamon
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A tree name. There are several kinds. Cassia (肉桂): Arrow-shaped leaves with three main veins. Thick and glossy texture. Oily bark that half-curls when dried. The bark of young branches is called 桂枝. Tube cassia (筒桂): Round leaves with pointed tips. Thin bark that curls like bamboo tubes. Grows in Guangxi, used medicinally. Hence Guangxi Province is called 桂省, named after cassia. Osmanthus (巖桂): Also called 木犀. White flowers are called 銀桂 (silver osmanthus). Yellow are 金桂 (golden osmanthus). Red are 丹桂 (vermilion osmanthus). Old customs said the dark spots on the moon were a toad, rabbit, and osmanthus tree. In the imperial examination era, passing the provincial examination was called 蟾宮折桂 (breaking osmanthus branch in the toad palace). The examination was in the eighth month, exactly when the mid-autumn moon is full and osmanthus first blooms.
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