桂枝

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Chinese

Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.) branch; (a measure word)
simp. and trad.
(桂枝) 		桂 枝

Pronunciation

Noun

桂枝

  1. twig of the cinnamon tree (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine as a "stomach tonic".)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (桂枝):
  • → Japanese: 桂(けい)枝(し) (keishi)
  • → Korean: 계지(桂枝) (gyeji)

See also

  • 解表藥 / 解表药 (jiěbiǎoyào) ("superfices-syndrome" relieving materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine)
  • 藥材 / 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

  • 桂枝 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
  • Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桂 枝
けい
Jinmeiyō 		し
Grade: 5
kan'on on'yomi

Noun

桂(けい)枝(し) • (keishi) 

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried young twigs of Cinnamomum cassia twigs
  2. a branch of the 月桂 (gekkei, “laurel tree that grows on the moon”)

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