What 楿 means
It names the Japanese katsura tree. 楿 is a Japanese kokuji—a kanji made in Japan—built from 木 (“wood”) and 香 (“fragrance”) to write かつら as a fragrant tree.
A Japanese plant-history compilation cites the old dictionary 字鏡, dated around 898–901, with the spelling 楿加豆良; it groups the entry with 香木, 桂, and 楓. This places 楿 in an older Japanese writing tradition, not a Unicode-era invention.
Today 楿 is a specialist or stylized spelling, also used in Taiwanese branding; everyday Japanese normally uses 桂 for the katsura tree. Chinese references also use 桂 for cassia and sweet osmanthus, so the characters’ meanings do not match in every language.
A specialized Japanese spelling that also appears in stylized Taiwanese branding.
For the ordinary Japanese spelling of the tree, use 桂.
Who writes 楿
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Questions people ask
1Why does 楿 show as a box?
That is a font-coverage issue. As of 2026, many digital fonts omit 楿, so it can appear as a box or blank square; fonts that include it may draw it differently.
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- katsura · かつら · kokuji · 桂 · 香木 · Japanese kanji · katsura kanji
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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