漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
楊: willow
JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 木tree(meaning)
- 昜(form)
木 carries the meaning · 昜 is drawn in
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 爪楊枝つまようじtoothpick
- 垂楊すいようweeping willow
やなぎyanagi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 楊やなぎwillow (any tree of genus Salix)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side楊 willow · 木
vs場 location · 土In ChineseSimplified 杨 · traditional, as in Japanese · yáng
Japan keeps the traditional form 楊; mainland China simplifies it to 杨.
- Simplified
- 杨 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 楊 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yáng 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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