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柳

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • willow

On'yomi (音読み)

  • リュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • やなぎ
Strokes
9
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1019
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
木#75 · tree

Components

Common Words

  • 柳やなぎNoun
    willow (any tree of genus Salix)
  • 川柳せんりゅうNoun
    senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
  • 青柳あおやぎNoun
    green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
  • 花柳かりゅうNoun
    red-light district
  • 花柳界かりゅうかいNoun
    red-light district, pleasure quarters, world of the geisha
  • 柳刃包丁やなぎばぼうちょうNoun
    kitchen knife for sashimi
  • 庭柳にわやなぎNoun
    knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
  • 柳刃やなぎばNoun
    kitchen knife for sashimi

Practice in Kanjiru

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