Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: willow
Kunyomi: やなぎ
Onyomi: リュウ
Composition: 木 卯
Radical: 木
Meaning: tree
柳 (リュウ) Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
柳暗花明 (リュウアンカメイ) beautiful scenery of spring, red-light district
川柳 (センリュウ) senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
花柳 (カリュウ) red-light district
柳 (やなぎ) willow (any tree of genus Salix), weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
柳刃包丁 (やなぎばぼうちょう) kitchen knife for sashimi
青柳 (あおやぎ) green willow (i.e. one that has budded), meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
化粧柳 (けしょうやなぎ) chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)