柳 — kanji meaning “willow”
柳
willow
- Meanings
- willow
- On'yomi
- リュウ (ryuu)
- Kun'yomi
- やなぎ
- Name readings
- なぎ、や、やい、やぎ、やな、やない
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1169 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- liǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 柳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 川柳 | せんりゅう senryuu | senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem |
| 青柳 | あおやぎ aoyagi | green willow (i.e. one that has budded) |
| 花柳 | かりゅう karyuu | red-light district |
| 川柳 | かわやなぎ kawayanagi | riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla) |
| 川柳 | かわやぎ kawayagi | riverside willow |
| 花柳 | はなやぎ hanayagi | Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing |
| 柳葉 | やないば yanaiba | willow-leaf arrowhead |
| 猫柳 | ねこやなぎ nekoyanagi | rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla) |
| 雪柳 | ゆきやなぎ yukiyanagi | Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii) |
| 柳腰 | やなぎごし yanagigoshi | slim waist; slender figure; willowy figure |
| 柳葉魚 | ししゃも shishamo | shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus) |
| 柳刃包丁 | やなぎばぼうちょう yanagibabouchou | kitchen knife for sashimi |
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