桂 — Chinese character
桂
guì
cassia, cinnamon
- Pinyin
- guì
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 木 圭
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 圭
- Japanese
- 桂 as a kanji
Common words with 桂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桂花 | guì huā | osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans); its flowers |
| 桂冠 | guì guān | laurel (as a symbol of victory or merit) |
| 肉桂 | ròu guì | Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) |
| 桂枝 | guì zhī | cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi) |
| 桂皮 | guì pí | Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia); cassia bark |
| 桂圆 (桂圓) | guì yuán | see 龙眼 (lóng yǎn) |
| 月桂 | yuè guì | laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree |
| 丹桂 | dān guì | orange osmanthus |
| 折桂 | zhé guì | to win the laurels; to pass an imperial examination |
| 桂子 | guì zǐ | (literary) osmanthus blossoms |
| 月桂树 (月桂樹) | yuè guì shù | laurel tree (Laurus nobilis); bay tree |
| 桂鱼 (桂魚) | guì yú | mandarin fish |
English words written with 桂
桂 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.