willow
柳 is a 9 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as liǔ in the third tone.
In traditional Chinese the characters 栁 or 桺 may be used instead.
It is made up of the components 木 (wood) and 卯 (4th terrestrial branch).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 柳
Definitions for 柳 pronounced as liǔ
- old variant of 柳[liu3]
- old variant of 柳[liu3]
- surname Liu
- willow
Vocabulary
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- Liuzhou prefecture level city in Guangxi
- lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope
- light at the end of the tunnel
- willow tree
- poplar and willow
- name of traditional tune
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Book 3 part 1
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