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楊

willow
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingヨウ
Kun readingやなぎ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. willow
    武士は食わねど高楊枝。A samurai, even when he has not eaten, uses a toothpick like a lord.tatoeba
    1月、楊守敬没。January: Yang Shoujing died.wiki
  2. purple willowRtK
  1. willow (any tree of genus Salix)
  2. weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
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Compound words

爪楊枝つまようじ
toothpick
黄楊つげ
Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica)
垂楊すいよう
weeping willow
白楊はこやなぎ
Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
楊子ようじ
toothpick
楊枝ようじ
toothpick
楊柳やなぎ
willow (any tree of genus Salix)
犬黄楊いぬつげ
Japanese holly (Ilex crenata)
妻楊枝つまようじ
toothpick
つま楊枝つまようじ
toothpick

Additional Examples

木造楊柳観音立像
Wooden standing statue of Yoryu Kannon (Kannon holding a willow branch to eradicate illness)wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 楊

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