柳 – vocab dash

Keyword

willow tree

willow

Frequency: #1169
Strokes: 9
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 1525

Readings

リュウ67%

やなぎ33%

Mnemonic

A tree stands beside the sign of the hare, its long branches swaying in the breeze like green hair: a graceful willow tree.

Stroke order

Composed of

木tree 卯sign of the hare

Used in vocabulary

柳やなぎ

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

Noun

川せん柳りゅう

senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

Noun

青柳あおやぎ

green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)

Noun

川かわ柳やなぎ

riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea

Noun

柳りゅう

Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Noun

川柳かわやぎ

riverside willow

Noun

花か柳りゅう

red-light district

Noun

柳やなぎ刃ば包ぼう丁ちょう

kitchen knife for sashimi

Noun

花か柳りゅう界かい

red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde

Noun

花柳はなやぎ

Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing

Noun

柳葉やないば

willow-leaf arrowhead; part of a Japanese stirrup

Noun

猫ねこ柳やなぎ

rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)

Noun

雪ゆき柳やなぎ

Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii)

Noun

柳やなぎ腰ごし

slim waist; slender figure; willowy figure; waist of a willow tree

Noun

檉柳ぎょりゅう

Tamarix chinensis; Chinese tamarisk

Noun