Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree

10 strokesFrequency 1,651JLPT N1Grade 9

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ケイ

Kun

かつら

Nanori

かつよし

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Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

Japanese Judas-tree

Constituents

?dirt
?dirt2
?ground
?ground2
?ivy
?Japanese Judas tree
?soil2
?wood
soil
square jewel
tree

Mnemonic Stories

A tree covered in poison ivy will betray you, giving us the name Japanese Judas-tree.

Dictionary

Common Words

つらカツラNounFreq #21929
1

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

桂馬いまケイマNounFreq #52260
1

Shogi

knight

2

Word usually written using kana alone; Go (game); Usu. ケイマ

keima; knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color

っけいじゅ月桂樹ゲッケイジュNounUsually kanaFreq #63762
1

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

NounFreq #66601
1

Abbreviation; Shogi

knight

月桂冠っけいかんNounFreq #76966
1

Company name

Gekkeikan (sake manufacturer)

月桂冠っけいかんNounFreq #76966
1

laurel wreath

丹桂たんけいタンケイNounFreq #93144
1

golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

桂庵慶庵慶安いあんNounFreq #94621
1

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

2

flattery; flatterer

3

慶安 only

Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)

肉桂っけいっきニッケイNounFreq #105921
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

cinnamon

2

Word usually written using kana alone

cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)

月桂っけいNounFreq #129613
1

Abbreviation

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

2

moon; moonlight

3

Orig. meaning

katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)

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