Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
willow
Kun:
やなぎ
On:
リュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 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

Kun reading compounds

  • 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)

Readings

Japanese names:
なぎ、 や、 やい、 やぎ、 やな、 やない
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu3
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

  • sauce
  • mimbre

Portuguese

  • salgueiro

French

  • saule
1898 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1104 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2233 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1471 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1427 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1105 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1871 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2032 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1854 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1086 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1115 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
607 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
803 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1434 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14662 Morohashi
899 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2629 New Nelson (John Haig)
1421 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1525 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1272 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1844 2001 Kanji
4a5.17 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
4792.0 Four corner code
1-44-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67f3 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1625 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 憂慮 【ユウリョ】 anxiety, concern, fear
  • 憂鬱 【ユウウツ】 depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom, despondency
  • 外憂 【ガイユウ】 external troubles, foreign threat
  • 内憂 【ナイユウ】 internal troubles, domestic discord

Kun reading compounds

  • 憂える 【うれえる】 to worry about, to be anxious about, to be concerned about, to lament, to grieve, to feel sorrow for
  • 憂い 【うれい】 sorrow, grief, anguish, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, affliction, fear, misgivings
  • 憂い顔 【うれいがお】 sad face, sorrowful face, anxious look, sad countenance
  • 憂い 【うい】 unhappy, sad, gloomy
  • 憂き 【うき】 unhappy, sad, gloomy
  • 憂き目 【うきめ】 bitter experience, misery, distress, grief, sad thoughts, hardship

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you1
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • pesadumbre
  • inquietud
  • preocupación
  • estar apesadumbrado
  • estar inquieto
  • estar preocupado

Portuguese

  • melancolia
  • luto
  • lamento
  • está infeliz
  • triste
  • ansioso

French

  • mélancolie
  • dépression
  • chagrin
  • lamentation
  • triste
  • anxieux
  • malheureux
1871 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1627 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
70 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1518 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1319 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1032 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1073 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1829 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
800 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2664 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1357 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1842 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
624 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11170 Morohashi
2145 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1971 New Nelson (John Haig)
616 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
663 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1763 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3167 2001 Kanji
4i12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-13 SKIP code
2-8-7 SKIP code
1024.7 Four corner code
1040.7 Four corner code
1-45-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6182 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 怜悧 【レイリ】 clever, bright, sharp, wise, intelligent, sagacious
  • 怜悧狡猾 【レイリコウカツ】 cunning, crafty, shrewd, guileful

Readings

Japanese names:
さと、 さとし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian2, ling2
Korean:
ryeong, ryeon

Spanish

  • sabio
  • astuto

Portuguese

French

1658 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
565 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2070 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
356 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
221 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
265 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
10461 Morohashi
298 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1812 New Nelson (John Haig)
2278 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2377 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4k5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
9803.7 Four corner code
9802.7 Four corner code
1-46-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
601c Unicode hex code