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柳 = 卯 + 木
柳 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “willow”. It is built from 卯 (sign of the hare) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1525.
- Keyword
- willow
- RTK frame
- 1525
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- リュウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- やなぎ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- ива
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 柳 willow tree
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 柳 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sign of the hare” + “tree”. 柳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 柳 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.