Japanese symbol for “yew”

ヨーロッパ一位

ヨーロッパいちい

Romaji: yooroppaichii

yew (Taxus baccata); English yew; European yew

In Japanese, yew is ヨーロッパ一位, read ヨーロッパいちい (yooroppaichii).

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Meanings

n yew (Taxus baccata); English yew; European yew

Written forms: ヨーロッパ一位. Readings: ヨーロッパいちい、ヨーロッパイチイ.

Kanji and stroke order

一

one, one radical (no.1)

on: イチ、イツ
kun: ひと-、ひと.つ

1 strokes · JLPT 4

位

rank, grade, throne

on: イ
kun: くらい、ぐらい

7 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
一緒	いっしょ issho	(doing) together
一番	いちばん ichiban	number one; first; first place
一つ	ひとつ hitotsu	one
一般	いっぱん ippan	general; universal
一部	いちぶ ichibu	one part; one portion; one section
一方	いっぽう ippou	one (esp. of two); the other; one way
位置	いち ichi	place; position; location
単位	たんい tan'i	unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.