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Kanji for Katsura tree
The kanji for “katsura tree” is 桂, read kei and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
katsura tree
The katsura tree; in old tales, the tree that grows on the moon.
10 strokes On reading ケイ (kei) Kun reading かつら (katsura) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ka, kei
In Japan it appears in about 212 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 桂: Blanca 歩藍空桂 · Sparkle 寿晴桂瑠 · Dominica 道光新桂 · Lamonica 良望新桂
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