柳
Secondary schoolJLPT N1
willow
9 strokes · frequency rank #1169
- リュウ
- やなぎ
Stroke order
Common words
- 柳やなぎwillow (any tree of genus Salix)1
柳の枝に雪折れなし。
Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
柳の下の泥鰌。
A fox isn't caught twice in the same snare.
いつも柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。
A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
- 川柳せんりゅうsenryū; comic haiku2
- 花柳かりゅうred-light district3
- 青柳あおやぎgreen willow (i.e. one that has budded)4
- 花柳界かりゅうかいred-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde5
- 柳刃包丁やなぎばぼうちょうkitchen knife for sashimi6