Readings

Kana: リュウ、やなぎ
Romaji: ryū, yanagi
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: なぎ、や、やい、やぎ、やな、やない
Romaji: nagi, ya, yai, yagi, yana, yanai
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

willow

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  75
Frequency:  1169
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-5
Korean Reading:  ryu
Chinese Reading:  liu3
Unicode:  67f3
JIS:  4C78

Indexes

Halpern Index: 899
Nelson Index: 2233
New Nelson Index: 2629
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a5.17
Four Corner Index: 4792.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1898
Gakken Index: 1104
Japanese Names Index: 1105
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14662
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0280
Remembering the kanji Index: 1421
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1427
Kodansha Compact Index: 1086
Kanji in Context Index: 1854
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 607
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 803
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1434
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1525
Essential Kanji Index: 1471
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1115
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1844
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1272

Words

(やなぎ、ようりゅう、ヤナギ)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
青柳 (あおやぎ、あおやなぎ)
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
川柳 (せんりゅう)
senryu; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-syllable poem
花柳 (はなやぎ)
Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing
川柳 (かわやぎ)
riverside willow
(りゅう)
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
川柳 (かわやなぎ、カワヤナギ)
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea
花柳 (かりゅう)
red-light district
柳葉 (やないば、やなぎば、りゅうよう)
willow-leaf arrowhead; part of a Japanese stirrup; willow leaf
雪柳 (ゆきやなぎ)
Thunberg spirea; Spirea thunbergii
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