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柳 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
準2High school level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
リュウりゅう · ryū
Kun
やなぎyanagi
Meaning
willow

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "tree" with 卯: the tree whose branches droop — the willow.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onリュウりゅうryū花柳界かりゅうかい川柳せんりゅう
Kunやなぎyanagi柳やなぎ柳腰りゅうよう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 柳眉りゅうび

    beautiful eyebrows

  • 川柳せんりゅう

    senryu (comic haiku)

More words with this kanji

  • 楊柳ようりゅう
  • 柳の下の鰌やなぎのしたのどじょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川岸(かわぎし)に柳(やなぎ)が並(なら)んでいる。

Willows line the riverbank.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

川柳柳眉柳川river眉eyebro…朴plain杉cedar枢pivot枠frame析analys…竜dragon硫sulphu…苙a pen…留to sta…流flow
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading リュウAll maps

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