柳
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willow
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 柳
- Common rank
- #730
- Unicode
- U+67F3
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Formation & memory
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Words with 柳
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柳南区 | Liunan, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 柳城县 | Liucheng, a county in Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 柳河县 | Liuhe, a county in Tonghua City 通化市[Tong1 hua4 Shi4], Jilin | |
| 柳江区 | Liujiang, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 柳州市 | Liuzhou, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 … | |
| 花柳病 | sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease | |
| 柳林县 | Liulin, a county in Lüliang City 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 柳北区 | Liubei, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 柳绿花红 | (lit.) green willows and red flowers (idiom); (fig.) all the colors of spring | |
| 花红柳绿 | red flowers and green willow; all the colors of spring | |
| 柳公权 | Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher | |
| 云南白斑尾柳莺 | (bird species of China) Davison's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus intensior) | |
| 海南柳莺 | (bird species of China) Hainan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus hainanus) | |
| 柳暗花明 | lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest… | |
| 柳体 | calligraphic style of Liu Gongquan | |
| 铁板牛柳 | fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate | |
| 日本柳莺 | (bird species of China) Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas) | |
| 柳南 | see 柳南區|柳南区[Liu3 nan2 Qu1] | |
| 柳城 | see 柳城縣|柳城县[Liu3 cheng2 Xian4] | |
| 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 | lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it g… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卯 — compare how they read.