EntryCommonWaniKani 47
  1. Noun

    willow (any tree of genus Salix)

    柳の枝に雪折れなし。
    Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
  2. weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

    see 枝垂れ柳

Also written 楊【やなぎ】楊柳【やなぎ】

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Characters in this word

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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