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楊

楊 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 柳の一種。水辺に生じ、枝が堅くて垂れない。春葉に先だって花をつけ、蕾は白毛を被る。かわやなぎ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「昜」。「やなぎ」を意味する漢語｛楊｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

willow

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨウ
Kun (native)
  • やなぎ
Nanori (used in names)
  • やな
Other languages
  • 拼音yang2
  • 한글yang
  • Hán-ViệtDương

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+694A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木昜

Words using this kanji

  • 楊枝ようじ楊の枝。 歯垢を取り、清潔にするための道具。楊枝、歯ブラシ。 爪楊枝。toothpick, skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony), toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)
  • 楊弓ようきゅう遊戯で使う小さな弓。長さは二尺八寸（85センチメートルほど）で、九寸（27センチメートル）の矢で、七間半（13.5メートル）さきの的を座って射る。small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
  • 楊子魚ようじうおpipefish (esp. the seaweed pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli)
  • 楊弓場ようきゅうばarchery range (sometimes a front for a brothel)
  • 楊梅瘡ようばいそうsyphilis
  • 楊弓店ようきゅうてんtoy bow archery range (sometimes front for a brothel)
  • 楊心流ようしんりゅうYoshin-ryu

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-9
Four Corner
4692.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a9.17
Heisig
2539
Nelson
2321