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柳 means 'willow'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 919   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-8    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 23 words   Used in 58 words   Used in 1288 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   リュウ
Kun
   やなぎ a willow
Additional readings
Name    なぎ   や   やい   やぎ   やな   やない
Notes
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Willows play important roles in Japan, lining rivers in several cities (and the streets of Ginza in Tokyo) and frequently appearing in ink paintings. Using pliable willow wood, people make everything from chopsticks and wicker to medicine. Sayings about taking things in stride often include 柳. There's also a link between 柳 and geisha, as well as a connection between willows and ghosts!
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⿰  木 tree  卯 hare  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 柳 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 柳 is used 47 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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リュウ : 17 words FIND ALL
せ ん り ゅ う 1 せ ん り ゅ う 3
noun
senryu; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-syllable poem
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やなぎ : 26 words FIND ALL
や な ぎ 0
noun
1. willow (any tree of genus Salix)
2. weeping willow (Salix babylonica)  (see also: 枝垂れ柳; this meaning is restricted to reading やなぎ, ヤナギ)
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やな: 1 word. FIND ALL
や な が わ な べ 5
noun
loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root  (see also: 泥鰌; food term)
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やぎ: 3 words. FIND ALL
あ お や ぎ 0
noun
1. green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
2. meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)  (see also: バカ貝; this meaning is restricted to reading あおやぎ)
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An additional 11 less common words include 柳 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1898  Joy o' Kanji : 1898  Key to Kanji: - 

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柳
リュウ   やなぎ a willow   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
卯
hare   う sign of the hare   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
卬
high-priced, lofty   
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匚
side open box
卩
seal
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