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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

柚: citron

JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 由 is drawn in

9 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ユyu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 柚子ゆずyuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)

ゆずyuzu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 柚坊ゆずぼうswallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of…
  • 柚茶ゆずちゃcitron tea

Also read ユウ, ジク, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
木

Also built on tree (木)

All 124
由

Also built on wherefore (由)

14 in all

Also read ユ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ユウ

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Also read ジク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
柚 citron · 木 + 由
vs香 incense · 禾 + 日
柚 has 木 + 由 where 香 has 禾 + 日.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yòu

Same form: 柚 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
柚 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
柚 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yòu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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