Entry
  1. Noun

    riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla)

    see 猫柳

  2. Salix gilgiana (species of willow)

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. high-quality coarse tea

Also written 川楊【かわやなぎ】楊柳【かわやなぎ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Kun
かわ
On
セン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
181 of 2500
Radical
river
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

さわ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-2SKIP code
0a3.2The Kanji Dictionary
2200.0Four corner code
1254deroo
5dddUnicode hex code
1-32-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1447Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1526New Nelson (John Haig)
6New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
127Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
134Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
111A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
20Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
41Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8673Morohashi
48A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
33Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
39sakade
49Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
59henshall3
21Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
196crowley
101Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
548Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
129Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chuan1Pinyin reading
cheonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

willow

Kun
やなぎ
On
リュウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1169 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 47

Built from

Used in names as

なぎやいやぎやなやない

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-4-5SKIP code
4a5.17The Kanji Dictionary
4792.0Four corner code
1844deroo
67f3Unicode hex code
1-44-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2233Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2629New Nelson (John Haig)
899New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1115Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
607Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
803Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1421Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1525Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1104A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1105Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1471Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14662Morohashi
1898A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1871Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2032Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1427Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1272Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1854Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1086Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1434Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
liu3Pinyin reading
ryuKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
47WaniKani level