柳 (yanagi) Kanji Meaning: "Willow" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: A soft wooden gate: willow.

柳 means willow

A soft wooden gate: willow.

On'yomi

  • リュウryuu

Kun'yomi

  • やなぎyanagi

How it's built

  • 木tree
  • 卯

Common words

  • 柳やなぎwillow (any tree of genus Salix)
  • 花柳かりゅうred-light district
  • 川柳せんりゅうsenryū; comic haiku
  • 青柳あおやぎgreen willow (i.e. one that has budded)

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