Kanji
柳
kanji character
willow
柳 kanji-柳 willow
柳
Meaning
willow
Readings
Kun'yomi
- あお やなぎ green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
- やなぎ ばぼうちょう kitchen knife for sashimi
- やなぎ ごし slim waist
On'yomi
- よう りゅう willow (any tree of genus Salix)
- か りゅう red-light district
- か りゅう かい red-light district
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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柳 Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) -
楊 柳 riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla), Salix gilgiana (species of willow)... -
川 柳 riverside willow -
花 柳 Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing -
青 柳 green willow (i.e. one that has budded), meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis) -
宇 柳 貝 Uruguay -
宇 柳 具 Uruguay -
花 柳 界 red-light district, pleasure quarters, world of the geisha... -
柳 びbeautiful eyebrows -
柳 刃 包 丁 kitchen knife for sashimi -
柳 腰 slim waist, slender figure, willowy figure... -
柳 眉 beautiful eyebrows -
柳 条 willow twig -
柳 刃 kitchen knife for sashimi -
柳 科 Salicaceae (plant family containing willows, poplars, aspens... -
柳 樽 lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events) -
柳 宿 Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) -
柳 葉 willow-leaf arrowhead, part of a Japanese stirrup, willow leaf -
柳 蓼 water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper) -
柳 蘭 rosebay (Epilobium angustifolium), rosebay willowherb, great willowherb... -
蒲 柳 purple willow, infirmity, delicate constitution -
箱 柳 Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii) -
泥 柳 Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii) -
糸 柳 weeping willow -
柳 ごうりwicker trunk -
雪 柳 Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii) -
猫 柳 rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla) -
柳 に風 handling things without making waves, taking in one's stride -
道 柳 knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare) -
庭 柳 knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)