JLPT

N1

楊

Strokes

13

Grade

9

Meanings

willowpurple willow

Unicode

694A

Kunyomi

やなぎ

yanagi

Onyomi

ヨウ

you

Vocabulary (12)

  • 白楊

    はくよう

    Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)

  • 朝熊黄楊

    あさまつげ

    Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica)

  • 犬黄楊

    いぬつげ

    Japanese holly (Ilex crenata)

  • 泥の木

    どろのき

    Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)

  • 楊弓場

    ようきゅうば

    archery range (sometimes a front for a brothel)

  • 糸ようじ

    いとようじ

    dental floss

  • 高楊子

    たかようじ

    leisurely, post-meal use of a toothpick

  • 楊子魚

    ようじうお

    pipefish (esp. the seaweed pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli)

  • 揚弓

    あげゆみ

    small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

  • 楊梅瘡

    ようばいそう

    syphilis

  • 歯磨き楊子

    はみがきようじ

    toothbrush

  • ふさ楊枝

    ふさようじ

    toothbrush made from a piece of willow frayed at one end