柳
willow
9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1169.
Readings
- やなぎ (kun reading): 柳 (やなぎ) willow (any tree of genus Salix); しだれ柳 (しだれやなぎ) weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
- リュウ (on reading): 川柳 (せんりゅう) senryū; 花柳界 (かりゅうかい) red-light district
Components
Words using 柳
- 柳 (やなぎ) willow (any tree of genus Salix)
- しだれ柳 (しだれやなぎ) weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
- 雪柳 (ゆきやなぎ) Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii)
- 柳腰 (やなぎごし) slim waist
- 糸柳 (いとやなぎ) weeping willow
- 川柳 (せんりゅう) senryū
- 花柳界 (かりゅうかい) red-light district
- 花柳 (かりゅう) red-light district
- 柳条湖事件 (りゅうじょうこじけん) Liutiaohu Incident (1931 railway bombing triggering the Manchurian Incident)
- 花柳病 (かりゅうびょう) sexually transmitted disease
- 青柳 (あおやぎ) green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
- 柳川鍋 (やながわなべ) loach stew
- 花柳 (はなやぎ) Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing
- 柳葉 (やないば) willow-leaf arrowhead
- 川柳 (かわやぎ) riverside willow
41 words in all.