男桂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
男 桂
お
Grade: 1 		かつら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
楓

Etymology

From Old Japanese. An archaic name for the katsura tree.[1] Compare 女桂 (mekatsura, “female katsura: the cinnamon tree”), also spelled 桂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞ka̠t͡sɨɾa̠]

Noun

男(お)桂(かつら) or 男桂(おかづら) • (okatsura or okazura) ←をかつら (wokatura) or をかづら (wokadura)?

  1. (obsolete) synonym of 桂 (katsura, “katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum”)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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