Word Meaning 桂庵

けいあん keian

桂庵 is read as けいあん (keian) and means Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18).

Meaning

English

  1. Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)
  2. flattery
  3. flatterer
  4. agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period)
  5. mediator
  6. go-between

Reading

Kana

けいあん

Romaji

keian

Writing Variants

  • 慶安 けいあん keian
  • 慶庵 けいあん keian

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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かつら

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)

桂園時代

けいえんじだい

Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912)

桂月

けいげつ

moon

桂成り

けいなり

knight promotion

いおり

hermitage

沢庵

たくあん

pickled daikon radish

月桂冠

げっけいかん

Gekkeikan (sake manufacturer)

広葉桂

ひろはかつら

Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)

月桂

げっけい

katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)

成桂

なりけい

promoted knight

月桂樹

げっけいじゅ

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)