桂
cassia; laurel
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,635 U+6842
How 桂 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 圭 (phonetic, guī)
How to remember it
cassia-bark tree · Heisig RSH #1573
木 tree + bricks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 圭
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 圭 (guī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圭 sound component | guī | jade tablet |
| 挂 | guà | to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense |
| 鞋 | xié | shoes, footwear in general |
| 街 | jiē | street, road, thoroughfare |
| 佳 | jiā | good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful |
| 硅 | guī | silicon |
| 哇 | wā | to vomit; an infant's cry |
| 闺 | guī | women's quarters; lady's apartment |
| 蛙 | wā | frog |
| 奎 | kuí | a man's stride; a constellation |
| 卦 | guà | divination, fortune-telling |
| 洼 | wā | pit, hollow, depression; swamp |
| 畦 | qí | sections in a vegetable farm |
| 眭 | suī | a piercing gaze; the evil eye |
| 筀 | guì | bamboo (archaic) |
| 絓 | guà | to hinder, to obstruct |
| 鲑 | guī | salmon; Spheroides vermicularis |
| 恚 | huì | anger, rage |
| 诖 | guà | error, mistake; to deceive, to mislead |
Words containing 桂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桂林医学院 | Guì lín Yī Xué yuàn | Guilin Medical University |
| 桂平市 | Guì píng Shì | Guiping, a county-level city in Guigang City 貴港市|贵港市[Gui4 gang3 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 桂东县 | Guì dōng Xiàn | Guidong, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan |
| 桂阳县 | Guì yáng Xiàn | Guiyang, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan |
| 桂林市 | Guì lín Shì | Guilin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 x… |
| 月桂树叶 | yuè guì shù yè | laurel leaf; bay leaf |
| 临桂区 | Lín guì Qū | Lingui, a district of Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 李成桂 | Lǐ Chéng guì | Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910) |
| 月桂树 | yuè guì shù | laurel tree (Laurus nobilis); bay tree |
| 月桂叶 | yuè guì yè | bay leaf; laurel leaf |
| 金桂冠 | Jīn Guì guān | Kim Kye-gwan (1943-), North Korean diplomat, first vice-foreign minister and chief negotia… |
| 桂花 | guì huā | osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans |
| 桂木属 | Guì mù shǔ | genus Artocarpus |
| 桂平 | Guì píng | see 桂平市[Gui4 ping2 Shi4] |
| 桂东 | Guì dōng | see 桂東縣|桂东县[Gui4 dong1 Xian4] |
| 桂阳 | Guì yáng | see 桂陽縣|桂阳县[Gui4 yang2 Xian4] |
| 月桂冠 | yuè guì guān | laurel crown; victory garland (in Greek and Western culture) |
| 桂林 | Guì lín | see 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4] |
| 桂格 | Guì gé | Quaker (company) |
| 桂鱼 | guì yú | mandarin fish |