Last Updated :2025/12/22

Hiragana
かつら
Noun
Japanese Meaning
日本や中国原産の落葉高木で、ハート形の葉をもち、秋には黄色や紅色に紅葉する「カツラ」の木のこと。庭園木・街路樹として用いられる。 / 上記の木材。建築材・家具材などに利用される。 / 日本の姓の一つ。「桂さん」のように用いる。 / 日本の地名や駅名などに用いられる固有名詞。 / 能楽師や落語家などの芸名に用いられる名乗り。 / 京都の桂川・桂離宮などに見られるような、地名・施設名に含まれる語。
Easy Japanese Meaning
にほんにあるきのなまえ。はっぱがまるく、あきによいにおいがする。
Chinese (Simplified)
连香树(学名Cercidiphyllum japonicum),一种落叶乔木 / 日本犹大树(该树的别称)
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There is a large katsura tree in the park.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

公园里有一棵大桂树。

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Sense(1)

the katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, also called the Japanese Judas tree

Sense(2)

less commonly, the smaller Cercidiphyllum magnificum tree, more specifically called the 広葉桂 or ヒロハカツラ (hiroha katsura, “broadleaf katsura”).

Sense(3)

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

Sense(4)

julienned raw daikon, used as a garnish for sashimi

Sense(5)

alternate word for 肉桂 (nikkei, “the cinnamon or cassia tree”) or 桂皮 (keihi, “cinnamon or cassia bark”)

romanization

hiragana

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the katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, also called the Japanese Judas tree

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公園には大きな桂の木があります。

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There is a large katsura tree in the park.

There is a large katsura tree in the park.

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公園には大きな桂の木があります。

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