柳

willow

Stroke count: 9

Readings

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Kun readingやなぎ

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

willowRtK
いつも柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.tatoeba
柳の枝に雪折れなし。Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.tatoeba

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

Synonyms

Radicals and components

Radical木tree

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · blown eggs · sign of the hare · receipt · stamp

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1525

Compound words

川柳せんりゅう

senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

花柳かりゅう

red-light district

青柳あおやぎ

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

蒲柳ほりゅう

purple willow

柳樽やなぎだる

lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)

柳眉りゅうび

beautiful eyebrows

柳蓼やなぎたで

water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)

楊柳やなぎ

willow (any tree of genus Salix)

sexually transmitted disease

枝垂柳しだれやなぎ

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

垂れ柳しだれやなぎ

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

未央柳びょうやなぎ

Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)

柳行李やなぎごうり

wicker trunk

跋扈柳バッコヤナギ

goat willow (Salix caprea)

しだれ柳しだれやなぎ

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

枝垂れ柳しだれやなぎ

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

常磐御柳ときわぎょりゅう

beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)

柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいないやなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいない

a fox is not taken twice in the same snare

柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬやなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ

a fox is not taken twice in the same snare

Kun Reading Examples

柳の下の泥鰌。やなぎ

A fox isn't caught twice in the same snare.tatoeba

Additional Examples

あいつにはまいったよ。どんなに厳しく怒っても、柳に風と受け流すだけだよ。

I don't know what to do with that guy. No matter how mad I get at him he just takes it in stride and pays no attention.tatoeba

柳の下の泥鰌。

A fox isn't caught twice in the same snare.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 柳

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step