The kanji 柳: meaning, readings and stroke order
柳
- Meaning
- willow
- On reading
- リュウ ryuu
- Kun reading
- やなぎ yanagi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cây liễu (liễu)
- Japanese
- やなぎ。えだが たれさがる き。
- Korean
- 버드나무 (류·유)
- Chinese
- 柳树
Readings, words and example sentences
リュウ ryuu · on reading · less common
川柳
senryu (short, funny Japanese poem)
川柳を 一句 作ります。
I write a senryu poem.
やなぎ yanagi · kun reading
柳
willow
川べに 柳の 木が あります。
There is a willow tree by the river.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.