柳 is the Japanese kanji for willow. It is written with 9 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is やなぎ and its on reading is リュウ.
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Words with 柳
- 柳willow (any tree of genus Salix)
- 川柳senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 青柳green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
- 花柳red-light district
- 花柳界red-light district, pleasure quarters, world of the geisha
- 柳刃包丁kitchen knife for sashimi
Practice 柳 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.