Keyword
willow
- willow tree
- pleasure
- surname
- Frequency
- #2373
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
liǔ
Mnemonic
木 (tree) gives the meaning and 卯 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
柳
willow
柳树
willow
杨柳
willow tree; poplar and willow; name of traditional tune
柳州市
Liuzhou, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区 (GuǎngxīZhuàngzúZìzhìqū)
柳宗元
Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文运动 and neoclassical 复古 movements
柳青
Liu Qing (1916–1978), Chinese novelist
柳条
willow twig; osier; wicker
柳絮
willow catkin
垂柳
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
柳橙汁
orange juice
柳叶刀
lancet (surgeon's knife)
柳暗花明
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope; light at the end of the tunnel
柳永
Liu Yong (987-1053), Song poet
柳丁
orange (fruit) (Tw)
柳橙
orange (fruit)
柳林县
Liulin, a county in Lüliang City 吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi
柳公权
Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher
柳琴
liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin
柳河县
Liuhe, a county in Tonghua City 通化市 (TōnghuàShì), Jilin
柳营
Liouying, a district in Tainan 台南 (Táinán), Taiwan
寻花问柳
lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom); fig. to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats
柳杉
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
柳莺
(ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus)
春柳
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化运动 (XīnWénhuàYùndòng), continued in China from 1912 as 新剧同志会 (XīnjùTóngzhìhuì)