柳 willow 9 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1169 in newspapers Readings Onリュウ Kunやなぎ In Chinese 柳 Words written with it 柳 やなぎ willow (any tree of genus Salix) 川柳 せんりゅう senryū 青柳 あおやぎ green willow (i.e. one that has budded) 花柳 かりゅう red-light district 柳刃包丁 やなぎばぼうちょう kitchen knife for sashimi 花柳界 かりゅうかい red-light district