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    3. 柳

    柳

    柳やなぎ

    willow

    N1KMT8Freq #1169Nature & EnvironmentKanji9 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    やなぎ

    On'yomi

    リュウ

    Nanori

    なぎややいやぎやなやない

    willow

    木卯

    木
    丿
    卩

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    柵枸柞枹榴杭桟枢卯櫛柔昴柩柞枹榴留聊

    Concepts using this kanji

    柳

    willow (any tree of genus Salix)

    川柳

    senryū

    青柳

    green willow (i.e. one that has budded)

    花柳

    red-light district

    宇柳貝

    Uruguay

    大葉柳

    Salix urbaniana (species of willow)

    柳江人

    Liujiang man

    柳条

    willow twig

    道柳

    knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)

    柳葉

    willow-leaf arrowhead

    未央柳

    Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)

    花柳病

    sexually transmitted disease

    柳多留

    The Willow Barrel (collection of Edo-period senryu) (abbr)

    柳に風

    handling things without making waves

    風に柳

    without making waves

    行李柳

    Salix koriyanagi (species of willow)

    柳行李

    wicker trunk

    庭柳

    knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)

    しだれ柳

    weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

    柳橋新誌

    Ryūkyō Shinshi (book by Narushima Ryūhoku concerning the Yanigabashi pleasure quarters)

    柳暗花明

    beautiful scenery of spring

    化粧柳

    chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)

    柳葉魚

    shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)

    柳下駄

    low geta made of willow

    西洋箱柳

    Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)

    熊柳

    Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)

    柳川鍋

    loach stew

    雪柳

    Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii)

    裏白箱柳

    white poplar (Populus alba)

    糸柳

    weeping willow

    柳に雪折れなし

    the soft may prove more durable than the hard

    柳腰

    slim waist

    西洋絹柳

    osier (Salix viminalis)

    箱柳

    Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)

    柳は緑、花は紅

    natural state

    花紅柳緑

    red blossoms and green willows

    柳緑花紅

    red blossoms and green willows

    柳刃

    kitchen knife for sashimi

    誹風柳多留

    The Willow Barrel (collection of Edo-period senryu)

    振袖柳

    Salix leucopithecia (species of willow)

    常磐御柳

    beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)

    蒲柳の質

    delicate health

    猫柳

    rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)

    樺太柳葉魚

    capelin

    花柳界

    red-light district

    柳巷花街

    red-light district

    絹柳

    Salix kinuyanagi (species of willow)

    蒲柳

    purple willow

    柳眉

    beautiful eyebrows

    柳蘭

    rosebay (Epilobium angustifolium)

    柳樽

    lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)

    桃紅柳緑

    beautiful scenery of spring

    柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ

    a fox is not taken twice in the same snare

    柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいない

    a fox is not taken twice in the same snare

    柳蓼

    water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)

    檉柳

    Tamarix chinensis

    柳刃包丁

    kitchen knife for sashimi

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 卩
    • 木

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    • 宇柳貝
    • 花柳界
    • 花柳病
    • 蒲柳
    • しだれ柳
    • 川柳
    • 柳
    • 柳腰
    • 柳川鍋
    • 柳眉
    • 花柳
    • 蒲柳の質
    • 青柳
    • 箱柳
    • 糸柳
    • 柳行李
    • 雪柳
    • 猫柳
    • 柳条
    • 柳刃包丁
    • 柳刃
    • 柳葉魚
    • 花紅柳緑
    • 桃紅柳緑
    • 柳暗花明
    • 柳巷花街
    • 柳緑花紅
    • 柳樽
    • 樺太柳葉魚
    • 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ
    • 柳に雪折れなし
    • 常磐御柳
    • 未央柳
    • 柳に風
    • 風に柳
    • 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいない
    • 西洋箱柳
    • 道柳
    • 庭柳
    • 檉柳
    • 柳葉
    • 柳下駄
    • 熊柳
    • 柳蓼
    • 振袖柳
    • 絹柳
    • 行李柳
    • 西洋絹柳
    • 化粧柳
    • 大葉柳
    • 柳江人
    • 柳は緑、花は紅
    • 柳蘭
    • 裏白箱柳
    • 誹風柳多留
    • 柳橋新誌
    • 柳多留

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